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  • I care about the people there. Same with any oppressive nation/state/province/etc. You can say Russia is a tyranny and you’d be correct, but don’t forget that there are certainly people living there who don’t agree with the regime – and there are people actively being oppressed.

    Surely you don’t think there aren’t any gay Russians, for example. Let’s not throw out all the people who are victims of Russian oppression while we condemn the country itself.
















  • I can’t remember where I heard this originally, but I subscribe to the belief that you need to maintain the rights of criminals (like voting) to prevent tyranny.

    Because if being labeled a criminal is enough to remove your rights, a corrupt government need only declare you one to take your rights away.

    It used to be criminal in some parts of the USA for black and white people to intermarry, for example. Imagine losing your right to vote because of who you married.