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Comment by andrewyazura | Hacker News Reader

the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest

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.

FYI Russian ISPs are blocking Cloudflare, Cloudflare isn’t blocking Russia.

I believe he knows

> What kind of a take is this?

The take of the Russian government?

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.

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?

> the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest

Mind to explain why?

Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.

Yea, but I wonder how they try to justify (if those silly emotional bursts are justifiable) those statements.

I think some people just support countries the way they support football clubs.

I don't think they think as far as "justifying" it. They just get their opinions from the internet

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