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the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest

rcbdev 1y ago
Yes, of course. Russians are, in fact, not people and do not deserve to view Western sites, media or actually any web service hosted by Western nations. What kind of a take is this? If you strategically block an entire nation from viewing our sites and media, you're handing the state-run media there more power.
- reassess_blind 1y ago
  FYI Russian ISPs are blocking Cloudflare, Cloudflare isn’t blocking Russia.
  - om8 1y ago
    I believe he knows
- dmos62 1y ago
  > What kind of a take is this? The take of the Russian government?
- isaacremuant 1y ago
  Xenophobia is good because our NATO/US overlords which don't engage in propaganda tell us to hate our enemies. Then in X years they stop being our enemies and we point our irrational hate to someone else. It's also useful because you can label any dissenter as "pro Russian". The McCarthy strategy/red scare is very effective. We're the good guys though. Remember that. If we admit any wrongdoing ever, that's just history and now we are good. Or else.
jesterson 1y ago
> the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest Mind to explain why?
- skrebbel 1y ago
  Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.
  - jesterson 1y ago
    Yea, but I wonder how they try to justify (if those silly emotional bursts are justifiable) those statements.
    - skrebbel 1y ago
      I think some people just support countries the way they support football clubs.
    - ramon156 1y ago
      I don't think they think as far as "justifying" it. They just get their opinions from the internet
  - geoffmunn 1y ago
    [flagged]
    - compass_copium 1y ago
      https://www.politifact.com/iraq-war-polls/ https://www.politifact.com/iraq-war-polls/
    - volemo 1y ago
      I'm sure among those Russians who want to go from Hacker News to "Cry once a week" site the portion of the Government supporters is minuscule.
om8 1y ago
I'm currently in Russia trying to get a US visa for my CS PhD. Because I do CS, I got into a thing called administrative processing. For 95% of people, it takes days -- weeks, tops. Because of the colour of my passport, it has already lasted for 3 months. I know people who are waiting for 2 years to pass it. Why do you think I shouldn't have access to this website in Russia?

Yes, of course. Russians are, in fact, not people and do not deserve to view Western sites, media or actually any web service hosted by Western nations. What kind of a take is this? If you strategically block an entire nation from viewing our sites and media, you're handing the state-run media there more power.

reassess_blind 1y ago
FYI Russian ISPs are blocking Cloudflare, Cloudflare isn’t blocking Russia.
- om8 1y ago
  I believe he knows
dmos62 1y ago
> What kind of a take is this? The take of the Russian government?
isaacremuant 1y ago
Xenophobia is good because our NATO/US overlords which don't engage in propaganda tell us to hate our enemies. Then in X years they stop being our enemies and we point our irrational hate to someone else. It's also useful because you can label any dissenter as "pro Russian". The McCarthy strategy/red scare is very effective. We're the good guys though. Remember that. If we admit any wrongdoing ever, that's just history and now we are good. Or else.

jesterson 1y ago

> the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest Mind to explain why?

skrebbel 1y ago
Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.
- jesterson 1y ago
  Yea, but I wonder how they try to justify (if those silly emotional bursts are justifiable) those statements.
  - skrebbel 1y ago
    I think some people just support countries the way they support football clubs.
  - ramon156 1y ago
    I don't think they think as far as "justifying" it. They just get their opinions from the internet
- geoffmunn 1y ago
  [flagged]
  - compass_copium 1y ago
    https://www.politifact.com/iraq-war-polls/ https://www.politifact.com/iraq-war-polls/
  - volemo 1y ago
    I'm sure among those Russians who want to go from Hacker News to "Cry once a week" site the portion of the Government supporters is minuscule.

om8 1y ago

I'm currently in Russia trying to get a US visa for my CS PhD. Because I do CS, I got into a thing called administrative processing. For 95% of people, it takes days -- weeks, tops. Because of the colour of my passport, it has already lasted for 3 months. I know people who are waiting for 2 years to pass it. Why do you think I shouldn't have access to this website in Russia?