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   Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 21:51:38 JST Richard Stallman

   I am disappointed that Ukrainians are reacting to Putin's invasion by hating Russians and characteristics of Russians: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/04/russian-language-war-ukrainian-literature A few weeks after the invasion, I urged Ukrainians to direct their anger at Putin and his crimes, not at Russia and Russians.

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     Julius Schwartzenberg (jschwart@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 07:17:23 JST Julius Schwartzenberg

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     @rms it is unfortunate and a loss for the Russian language culture of which a significant part is by Ukrainian artists.

     At the same time it is understandable and one cannot control the emotions they attach to hearing particular. There may be situations of trauma too that might be triggered by hearing Russian after being imprisoned there.

     German was not the most popular language in the Netherlands during/right after WW2. For many years now German is no problem at all. These things take time.

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 07:17:23 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     • Julius Schwartzenberg
     > it is understandable and one cannot control the emotions they attach to [...]
     
     careful there, similar arguments can be made to try to defend various forms of prejudice
     
     right now such prejudicial collective identities are being advanced to try to justify terrorism against civilians in israel, in palestine, and elsewhere. we must fight such feelings, and disempower their exploiters