Tag: Russians
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The historical and current mistrust Poles have for Russians
No other neighbor evokes the same emotional reflex in Poland as Russia does. The mistrust is not shallow. It is historical, it is not theoretical. They inherited it. For centuries, Russians have represented not just a foreign power—but a force of humiliation, erasure, and control. This article traces where the mistrust comes from, how it…
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“I wish all Russians to die!” People are evil
When the media are showing horrible crimes of child rapists or murderers, people cannot compete in who is more evil. They want to inflict the worst possible pain on the culprit. But when it comes to my favorite dichotomy “us/them”, people unleash their animalistic instincts whether it is the Israeli-Hamas conflict (the humanitarian catastrophe respectively)…
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Putin is neither a psychopath nor has Asperger’s syndrome
As a person suffering from the disease that belongs to the autistic spectrum myself, I recall the old official American report claiming Vladimir Putin has Asperger’s syndrome. Leave the aspect that the report may have had some side intentions (discredit him in his official ranks etc.) and let’s take a look at the notion itself.…
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European parody of freedom of speech
They say freedom of speech is embedded in the constitutions of many European countries. But what kind of freedom of speech do they mean? You cannot loathe the Romani people, Jews, adhere to Nazism, promote ideologies that repress human rights. The tattoos are banned and so on. I remember an article published in some Czech…