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Uh-huh, yet it's somehow not racist, offensive and ignorant to blame all Russians for everything now. Some of you guys have lost all the high moral ground that
by 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
Uh-huh, yet it's somehow not racist, offensive and ignorant to blame all Russians for everything now. Some of you guys have lost all the high moral ground that you once supposedly had.
I have a working theory that long years of “oppression” in many Western societies of not being able to criticize any group of certain ethnicity, nationality, culture, or religion resulted in a buildup of sorts, so when it became okay to pour shit on ethnic Russians and citizens of that country (between which you make no distinction — do you make a distinction between Jews and Israel?), it's like the flood gates were opened. All the hate and vitriol accumulated over the years is directed at a group that one is allowed to hate.
- teddyh 3y agoAs soon as a new subset of people have been designated as part of the outgroup, they are basically fair game for everybody to get their kicks in¹. And boy howdy do people love some fully justifiable carnage. 1. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33802663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33802663> (This is a re-post of <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33913979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33913979>.)
- gambiting 3y agoI feel like you've replied to the wrong person maybe?