The Russians Fleeing Putin's Wartime Crackdown

Re:The Russians Fleeing Putin's Wartime Crackdown by Andrew_nenakhov on Saturday March 26, 2022 @10:11AM (#30811936)

Yeah, taking part in every protest against Putin in the last 12 years, being detained at a protest wasn't enough punishment for me. I should better perish in the announced coming purge of the fifth column, because persons like you like to feel good about themselves making statements like this one you made.

You people are exactly like the ones who were turning away Jews fleeing the Nazi Germany. And if you think that being against Putin in this country does not have potentially deadly consequences, you must think again.

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Re:The Russians Fleeing Putin's Wartime Crackdown by dang on Saturday March 26, 2022 @10:16AM (#30811981)

Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar or cross into personal attack, no matter how provocative another comment is.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:The Russians Fleeing Putin's Wartime Crackdown by Andrew_nenakhov on Saturday March 26, 2022 @10:28AM (#30812090)

Ok, sorry.

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Re:The Russians Fleeing Putin's Wartime Crackdown by zen_1 on Saturday March 26, 2022 @12:36PM (#30813287)

I find it quite rich when people who have only ever lived in democracies condescend to those living in dictatorships about how we should have simply "protested harder" against the status quo.

I'm sorry Mr. Virtue Signaler safe in SF or NYC, but if my choices are shutting up temporarily in exchange for my and my family's continued security, versus "speaking truth to power" (or some other such drivel) and waking up in a black site the next day, I know which one I'm taking.

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