> would such free protest be allowed if the developers of Notepad++ were based in

- US arguing for independence of any of the States for whatever reasons?

- Spain for Catalonia?

- France for Basque?

and many more just in Europe.

Not pertinent. My point is more in reference to the ancestor comment with respect to Ukraine and Taiwan:

> Yeah, Notepad++ is known for political messaging in their updates. Taiwan, Ukraine, etc.

If you’re calling Ukraine in particular a “separatist movement”, I don’t think we can have a productive conversation.

You can totally say Texas should be independent. A lot of Texans have.

You can’t be against the Ukraine war in Russia because Putin is an evil dictator

I'm writing this comment from Russia, St. Petersburg, and yes, you can be against the Ukraine war in Russia.

	▲	sunaookami an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Always hiliarious when westerners think they know how life works in Russia, China, etc because they heard from it on TV.