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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I too have started to distance myself from a few Russian friends I have known 10+ years.  I'm not rude, and it's not personal, but I just cut off communication and don't want them in my life any more based on what I've seen and heard from Ukraine.  If one of them were to constantly protest against Putin very publicly, or join a very public resistance movement, then it would be a different story.

For better or for worse, sometimes people bear the shame of the actions of their leaders.

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Are these Russian-Americans? I very much hope you aren’t indiscriminately distancing yourself from everyone with Russian heritage.[/quote]

Why do you care so much?  We all have our own ways of coping, and PP isn't hurting anyone by distancing herself from them.[/quote]

Because it’s an instance of indiscriminate hatred. [/quote]

Maybe you should be scolding Putin instead.[/quote]

Stop assuming what I do and don’t do.

Listen: the COVID pandemic was in part the result of neglect by the Chinese government to regulate certain types of markets. Then the Chinese government hid the severity of the disease, making it that much harder for countries to prepare. Does that mean we should hate all Chinese Americans or all Chinese people who live in China? Of course not. Likewise, we should not be hating all Russians for the evils of Putin. [/quote]

After all these previous images of Ukranian destruction at the bloody hands of the Russian government, you really have some nerve to turn around and lecutre people about hating Russians indiscriminately.  Did you see all those empty strollers representing dead children, killed by Russia?  And then you have the nerve to tell people they shouldn't hate Russia?  Get real.[/quote]

Yes I do, because the regular people of Russia have nothing to do with that. But I have a different question: Are you from this part of the world? Do you have anyone there? I doubt it. In contrast, I do. And I know that the only way we are going to get past this horrific type of nationalism/fascism is to see people as separate from the totalitarian government that oppresses them. That is more important now than ever. [/quote]

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