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marjaerwin) wrote2013-10-03 12:14 pm
marjaerwin) wrote2013-10-03 12:14 pm
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Some thoughts on what is wrong with the authoritarians
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/03/greenpeace-activists-arctic-sunrise?commentpage=2
I’m stunned, and a bit triggered, by how many people here are complaining about so-called self-righteousness, and celebrating Russian prisons, and their speculations about what will happen to these activists in those prisons. I get the impression from the latter that they enjoy other people’s suffering, and from the former that they resent anyone who doesn’t enjoy the same things.
I’m stunned, and a bit triggered, by how many people here are complaining about so-called self-righteousness, and celebrating Russian prisons, and their speculations about what will happen to these activists in those prisons. I get the impression from the latter that they enjoy other people’s suffering, and from the former that they resent anyone who doesn’t enjoy the same things.