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I think only lesser people would think all Russians support Putin. Every Russian I know in Silicon Valley that are sickened by Putin. Eric Stalwall, the House
by baskethead 5y ago
I think only lesser people would think all Russians support Putin. Every Russian I know in Silicon Valley that are sickened by Putin.
Eric Stalwall, the House Representative in East Bay (of the SF Bay Area) proposed to kick all Russian students out of the US. That sickened me and I won't forget this going forward (he ran for Democratic nominee for President in 2020). How can you blame citizens of the country for the country's actions? That's like Japanese internment camps all over again. I can't believe in 2021 someone would propose such a stupid and horrifying thing, especially in the Bay Area.
I'm glad you were able to escape safely.
- jquery 5y agoI know lots of Russians that support Putin, unfortunately. I wish it were as simple as Putin was acting alone but he is a popular Russian figure.
- gip 5y agoI have family / friends in Russia and outside Russia and I’m seeing the same thing: Putin is popular. I suspect it had to do with how the Russian identity is build. I keep telling these people that a country is defined by what it does in the world, not by what it is or was. But at the end of the day I think a lot of them consider Russia as a « powerful » country that should have an empire.
- shrimp_emoji 5y agoI think if you multiply the number of Russians who protested against the Ukraine invasion by 100, it's 1% of Russians, max.