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“ Another reason we don't like Russians is” And that’s how wars are maintained. They vs us. Who is we?? How can you dislike millions of people just because the

by elboru 5y ago

“ Another reason we don't like Russians is” And that’s how wars are maintained. They vs us. Who is we?? How can you dislike millions of people just because they were born inside a border different than yours?

formvoltron 5y ago
I actually don't have a problem with Russians. Just that as they right now should be walking into Moscow to show their discontent, then I am performing my discontent by not liking Russians, right now.
- AnonHP 5y ago
  I’m going to throw in a rhetorical question. If you expect Russians to be walking into Moscow to show their discontent, shouldn’t you be shouting slogans and holding a placard at the nearest Russian embassy to show you’re equally serious?
adventured 5y ago
Being born inside a different border doesn't make you a bad person. The beliefs you hold can however. Russia's culture is directly responsible for what's happening. How can I possibly dislike a culture of xenophobia, racism, ethnic superiority, conquest lust, power & might as right, advocation of government as a vehicle for conquering, and the use of force as the highest ideal? I'm speaking of the German region ~1890-1930, which very aggressively espoused and supported such ideas, many millions of people believed similarly to what the Nazi regime ended up codifying as its core ideas. Which had predictable end results. Yes, I can dislike very large numbers of people that hold such ideas, properly so in fact. How can you dislike hundreds of thousands of racists in southern states circa 1950? Oh quite easily and entirely rationally. You can dislike evil aspects of a culture. And you can properly dislike people that hold evil ideas, particularly to the extent they're important ideas that shape a big part of who a person is and or help to enable large movements of evil. That goes for the US, just as it does Russia, just as it does for anywhere else. And you can hold people morally responsible for the ideas they choose to believe in and the consequences that those beliefs have when they touch the real world in action.

by elboru 5y ago

formvoltron 5y ago

I actually don't have a problem with Russians. Just that as they right now should be walking into Moscow to show their discontent, then I am performing my discontent by not liking Russians, right now.

AnonHP 5y ago
I’m going to throw in a rhetorical question. If you expect Russians to be walking into Moscow to show their discontent, shouldn’t you be shouting slogans and holding a placard at the nearest Russian embassy to show you’re equally serious?

adventured 5y ago

Being born inside a different border doesn't make you a bad person. The beliefs you hold can however. Russia's culture is directly responsible for what's happening. How can I possibly dislike a culture of xenophobia, racism, ethnic superiority, conquest lust, power & might as right, advocation of government as a vehicle for conquering, and the use of force as the highest ideal? I'm speaking of the German region ~1890-1930, which very aggressively espoused and supported such ideas, many millions of people believed similarly to what the Nazi regime ended up codifying as its core ideas. Which had predictable end results. Yes, I can dislike very large numbers of people that hold such ideas, properly so in fact. How can you dislike hundreds of thousands of racists in southern states circa 1950? Oh quite easily and entirely rationally. You can dislike evil aspects of a culture. And you can properly dislike people that hold evil ideas, particularly to the extent they're important ideas that shape a big part of who a person is and or help to enable large movements of evil. That goes for the US, just as it does Russia, just as it does for anywhere else. And you can hold people morally responsible for the ideas they choose to believe in and the consequences that those beliefs have when they touch the real world in action.