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This is completely, totally wrong. There's no "discrimination" here - Grischuk is a Russian citizen, which is why he's being kicked out of the tournament, along
by throw10920 5y ago
This is completely, totally wrong. There's no "discrimination" here - Grischuk is a Russian citizen, which is why he's being kicked out of the tournament, along with the other Russian citizens mentioned - their ethnicity is a non-factor.
The only relevant issue is the question as to whether all Russian citizens (regardless of ethnicity) should be banned from these kinds of events (more generally: have sanctions and sanction-adjacent actions taken against them), or just those who have directly contributed to the invasion (Putin, his military advisors, some Russian oligarchs maybe?) - which is a good topic for discussion. Claiming "discrimination", on the other hand, is factually incorrect, blatant emotional manipulation & unnecessary flamewar-bait, and does not belong on HN.
- endisneigh 5y agoYour comment is the one that’s blatantly wrong - no one mentioned discrimination on the basis of ethnicity other than you. Discriminating on nationality is still discrimination.
- throw10920 5y agoDiscriminating based on nationality is only "discrimination" in the sense that you're differentiating between two groups of people, and treating them differently. It's not bad - unlike discriminating based on race. GP clearly meant "discrimination" in the discriminating-against-a-protected-class use of a term, which discrimination based on nationality is not.
- cool_dude85 5y ago>Grischuk is a Russian citizen, which is why he's being kicked out of the tournament I assume Giri for example still has citizenship - I wonder if he will be banned despite not representing Russia.