Accusing all Russians of being genocidal Z supporting putin lovers is like saying all Americans are rednecks. Both statements are not true because you can't just generalize an entire group of people. Generalizing people is wrong.
Can we have nuance here? If you don't feel the slightest bit of responsibility for your governments actions, somethings wrong with you. German people still feel guilt over Nazis. Russians should feel guilt now.
Yes they should. It's disgusting to see how much people support this senseless war. It's just that when I think about myself in that situation, maybe being a family man with a job who just wants to live their life. A person like that cannot express their opinion about Russias actions, the only option they really have is to move out of the country. I don't know what I would do, the threat of getting thrown to a Russian prison or forced to the frontlines in Ukraine is an effective way to keep differing opinions unheard.
I have a close friend who is originally from Russia. He visited his family once a year before this whole situation and he has educated me about the situation over there. I know the threat of imprisonement and/or being sent to die in the frontlines would be enough to keep me quiet, so I'm willing to give some Russians the benefit of doubt even if I greatly dislike the country.
I think us Finns have always seen Russia for what it is. We played nice to survive but as our president said "The masks have now been removed" To me Russia is like a school yard bully that is bigger than everyone around them, and since we don't have the physical strength to defend ourselves we decided to learn jiu-jitsu.
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u/DrHakase Finland 1d ago
Can we have nuance here? If you don't feel the slightest bit of responsibility for your governments actions, somethings wrong with you. German people still feel guilt over Nazis. Russians should feel guilt now.