• MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Linus is from Finland. Finns barely tolerate Russians under usual circumstances. These are not usual circumstances.

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      True he could have banned them long ago, it’s his project in the end, but he didn’t, he only did it after the sanctions

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      It is genuine xenophobia. I like in Poland, and its like you’re either a homophobe, or a xenophobe- with pretty limited inbetween. (And there are plenty of people who are both)

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      If he did that that would have been genuine discrimination. If he has to do it now because of sanctions, then ok fine. But otherwise I don’t want to see an open source project treating people differently based on where they were born.

      Come on lemmy, how is this pro-racism comment upvoted so many times? Please, think.

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        I mean, that’s like calling a Native American racist for disliking European (white) Americans. Like sure, technically, but aren’t there some underlying issues at play that make the feeling more justified.

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          Technically America belongs to Native Americans and the occupation of their soil is still going but you don’t hear racists tantrums against europeans. Perhaps you should study Native American culture i believe you can get something from it.

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            I think many racists do in fact say Native Americans are throwing racist tantrums when they work towards gaining even the most basic of human rights.