• krayj@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    From the article:

    Over 400,000 Russians arrived in Phuket between January and July this year

    Wow! Almost half a million. The native population of Phuket is only 140,000.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve heard that a lot of them don’t necessarily disagree, they just don’t want to die.

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      1 year ago

      Tons of the Russians who are abroad are FOR the war, they just don’t want to be the ones physically fighting in it. Lots of Russians abroad are harassing and beating up Ukrainians they come across.

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        1 year ago

        Jesus Christ, I commented a near identical line of thought a week ago and got downvoted to shit by Russian apologists.

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      1 year ago

      Are they political activists, pacifists, or just cowards? Probably some from each category, but I’d wager most of them aren’t actual political activists protesting the actions of their government.

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      1 year ago

      This person does know Russians very well.

      It is not your fault, but they don’t need to be logically consistent… actually most people in the world don’t. Human nature I guess.

      Either way, assuming they are indeed anti-war is not credited.