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Let me rephrase what you said, replacing a few key terms: As long as Rwandans pay their taxes, they are contributing to recruiting child soldiers. This is a go
by rpmisms 3y ago
Let me rephrase what you said, replacing a few key terms:
As long as Rwandans pay their taxes, they are contributing to recruiting child soldiers. This is a good reason to be shitty to Rwandans in general, no matter where they are in the world.
My family is in Russia, they're fine. I'm the one experiencing the racism. Justify that.
- jltsiren 3y agoI misinterpreted you, because the context of the discussion seemed to be the effect of sanctions on ordinary Russians. Treating you badly because of your ethnicity is obviously not ok. You also mentioned the US invasion of Iraq. Sanctions against the US would have been justified at that time, but they were impossible, because the US was too big to sanction. Around that time, there were serious discussions in Europe whether Putin or Bush was the bigger villain. Putin had not gone particularly bad yet, while Bush was obviously a villain. Memories of those years helped Putin maintain a favorable image in Europe far longer than could be justified based on his actions.
- rpmisms 3y agoPutin is taking care of Russia and the people he considers to be under Russia's care. As far as I know from my immediate family, living under Putin is pretty nice. The economy has actually gotten stronger since the invasion. They're doing better than we are in the US on prices and imports. The sanctions are a joke, and BRICS is really strong. That's all immaterial compared to the actual discussion here, and I appreciate you clarifying your position.
- EB-Barrington 3y ago[dead]