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This is cold war 101. Some of y'all just too young to remember.

• meghan_rain 4y ago
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• Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  Not really. This is just normal government. I have lived in Norway for... Officially around 9 years (was in the country, legally, some months before the official immigration date). I don't know how much you know about Norway, but in general, Norway is Safe. Safe in a way I didn't have in small town America, despite me living in a town of 180k or so people (college town, so it fluctuates a bit). I get warnings about protests and told how much I need to stay away. Generally, these warnings mean that the protests/demonstrations are not only in Oslo (around an hour flight or many hours driving) but also that they are by the embassy. The warnings, sent by email, are generally full of "oh noes, there is danger!" and plenty of messages about not protesting and not going near crowds that are. Only once in that time has there been any mention of violence that came - and that was someone trying to enter the Iranian embassy. This was very out of character for protests here. Which means, realistically, this is more general scaremongering by the US government. While I believe they (the government) have actual reason for the warnings (compared to protest warnings), every fiber of my being wants to say that they are being a bit over the top. Not because of cold war stuff, but because this seems like normal operating procedure for the government. I say this even as I would be looking to leave Russia right now regardless because of the warring and such.
  • bigbacaloa 4y ago
    Scaremongering by the us government is cold war 101. Like shooting down random .