| ▲ | andrewyazura 3 days ago |
| the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest |
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| ▲ | rcbdev 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | reassess_blind 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | FYI Russian ISPs are blocking Cloudflare, Cloudflare isn’t blocking Russia. | | | |
| ▲ | isaacremuant 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | 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. | |
| ▲ | dmos62 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | > What kind of a take is this? The take of the Russian government? |
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| ▲ | om8 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| 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? |
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| ▲ | jesterson 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest Mind to explain why? |
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| ▲ | skrebbel 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears. | | |
| ▲ | jesterson 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Yea, but I wonder how they try to justify (if those silly emotional bursts are justifiable) those statements. | | |
| ▲ | ramon156 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't think they think as far as "justifying" it. They just get their opinions from the internet | |
| ▲ | skrebbel 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I think some people just support countries the way they support football clubs. |
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