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A comment on Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for violence against Russians. Parent comment

Re:Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for vio... by mardifoufs on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:05PM (#30643615)
It wasn't a gotcha, and I don't disagree with the spirit of your comment. I really appreciate the consistency at least, but do you agree that you'd have been in a pretty tiny minority during the iraq or Afghanistan war?
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Re:Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for vio... by esyir on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:26PM (#30643939)
In the US? Sure. In afghanistan? I'm not so sure.

But I think that's besides the point. You'd be a minority in Russia too if you opposed the war in the Ukraine right now.

I strongly dislike the lens of morality here, because especially in this case, its coming from those who are insulated from the... Extenuating circumstances the Ukrainians find themselves in.

Furthermore I belive that most would do the same given similar circumstances. Historically speaking, it wasn't THAT long ago that the West aligned with the rather brutal Soviets to defeat their nazi greater enemy.

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