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Somehow the blow back against the Russian people for the war crimes Putin is committing seems way out of proportion if you compare it with the non existing blow

Somehow the blow back against the Russian people for the war crimes Putin is committing seems way out of proportion if you compare it with the non existing blow back the US suffered. There was no boycott of US products or banning of US athletes. In fact the US itself "boycotted" the use of the word "French fryes" (in certain government buildings) because the French didn't want to play along renaming them to "freedom fryes".

threeseed 3y ago
It's because the Russian people support what Putin is doing. "public support ranging from 55% to 75%, with relatively little fluctuation" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-strong-is-russian-public-support-for-the-invasion-of-ukraine/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-stron...
- fossislife 3y ago
  In polls, most American people supported the Iraq war https://news.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-americans-support-war-against-iraq.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-america...
  - threeseed 3y ago
    And? Two wrongs don’t make a right. Hopefully the world has learnt not to repeat Iraq.
    - fossislife 3y ago
      Of course not, but that's not what this is about. It's an answer to your comment, because you wrote "It's because the Russian people support what Putin is doing.". But if that was true, wouldn't the US would have been boycotted, as well? But it didn't happen
- sschueller 3y ago
  So did the US population. [1] The one thing the US does very well is manufacturing concent. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United_States_on_the_invasion_of_Iraq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United...
- mistermann 3y ago
  > It's because the Russian people support what Putin is doing. How could you possibly know that this is the reason? What is it about these topics that cause people to think this way? Imagine the mess we'd have if we wrote software using this quality/form of logic, it might be as big of a mess as the political world.
- lp0_on_fire 3y ago
  Nothing would see me happier than to wake up one morning and read that Putin is swinging from a gallows somewhere but I would take any polls of the Russian population with a grain of salt given the history of people being jailed, disappeared, and/or assassinated for speaking out against his regime.
orange_joe 3y ago
Instead of reflecting on what was said you take a moment to defend Russia — it betrays the fact that you don’t really care.
- mistermann 3y ago
  You too could reflect on the accuracy of your claims, particularly the one that relies on mind reading. Will you?

threeseed 3y ago

It's because the Russian people support what Putin is doing. "public support ranging from 55% to 75%, with relatively little fluctuation" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-strong-is-russian-public-support-for-the-invasion-of-ukraine/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-stron...

fossislife 3y ago
In polls, most American people supported the Iraq war https://news.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-americans-support-war-against-iraq.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-america...
- threeseed 3y ago
  And? Two wrongs don’t make a right. Hopefully the world has learnt not to repeat Iraq.
  - fossislife 3y ago
    Of course not, but that's not what this is about. It's an answer to your comment, because you wrote "It's because the Russian people support what Putin is doing.". But if that was true, wouldn't the US would have been boycotted, as well? But it didn't happen
sschueller 3y ago
So did the US population. [1] The one thing the US does very well is manufacturing concent. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United_States_on_the_invasion_of_Iraq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United...
mistermann 3y ago
> It's because the Russian people support what Putin is doing. How could you possibly know that this is the reason? What is it about these topics that cause people to think this way? Imagine the mess we'd have if we wrote software using this quality/form of logic, it might be as big of a mess as the political world.
lp0_on_fire 3y ago
Nothing would see me happier than to wake up one morning and read that Putin is swinging from a gallows somewhere but I would take any polls of the Russian population with a grain of salt given the history of people being jailed, disappeared, and/or assassinated for speaking out against his regime.

orange_joe 3y ago

Instead of reflecting on what was said you take a moment to defend Russia — it betrays the fact that you don’t really care.

mistermann 3y ago
You too could reflect on the accuracy of your claims, particularly the one that relies on mind reading. Will you?