It's incredibly racist, offensive and ignorant to assume that "Eastern Block" means just Russia. Many former "eastern block" countries nowadays are firmly with the west and oppose Russia and their stupid invasion with all their might. Being bundled together with the Russians is the most personally offensive thing I've ever read on HN.
I didn't say either thing though? I said many of us here in the former Eastern Block oppose Russia - and I personally find being bundled with the Russians offensive, as I am not a Russian. Anything you read into it beyond this point is your own interpretation.
Uh-huh, yet it's somehow not racist, offensive and ignorant to blame all Russians for everything now. Some of you guys have lost all the high moral ground that you once supposedly had.
I have a working theory that long years of “oppression” in many Western societies of not being able to criticize any group of certain ethnicity, nationality, culture, or religion resulted in a buildup of sorts, so when it became okay to pour shit on ethnic Russians and citizens of that country (between which you make no distinction — do you make a distinction between Jews and Israel?), it's like the flood gates were opened. All the hate and vitriol accumulated over the years is directed at a group that one is allowed to hate.
As soon as a new subset of people have been designated as part of the outgroup, they are basically fair game for everybody to get their kicks in¹. And boy howdy do people love some fully justifiable carnage.
