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The justification that "Qt might be used in military applications (it is today)" is ridiculous. This isn't going to stop the military from using Qt. It's only g
by 8358373583 5y ago
The justification that "Qt might be used in military applications (it is today)" is ridiculous. This isn't going to stop the military from using Qt. It's only going to stop poor ordinary people who can't afford a VPN and don't know how to use Tor.
I think this is motivated by bigotry against Russian and Belarusian people caused by a collectivist view of the world where people who had nothing to do with a crime should still be punished for it. It's really scary and disappointing to see.
As a black person living in a European country with very little racism, I thought my non-experince of racism was evidence that it's possible for a society to move past racism all together and treat everyone as the individuals they are, but in the last week I have heard more bigoted statements about people based on their origin than in all my life beforehand, including from people I would never have expected anything like that from.
We are seeing Russians who have strongly condemned Putin's war being ostracised and denied opportunities for something that's completely outside of their control. This is both morally wrong and contraproductive.
- CoastalCoder 5y agoWhy do you attribute Qt's actions to racism rather than their stated reason? Even if you're right about them being disingenuous, I don't see why this would be racism. Maybe nationalism?
- dchftcs 5y agoThe person didn't attribute it to racism, instead just used racism as an analogy.
- CoastalCoder 5y agoThanks for the correction. I may have not read carefully enough.
- dchftcs 5y agoYes, it's insane that people who don't necessarily support Putin are deprived of resources and opportunity, all in the name of justice. I think a lot people just want to show they did something, just any random thing, not knowing that by alienating potential allies in Russia they're forcing people in Russia to beg to be on Putin's side.