• kujaw@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    They didn’t protest, they where whistleblowers who stole (not all of them, sometimes they were just given) and published classified documents. You can’t compare that to standing with a blank or invisible posters (https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26936770) and getting arrested, as in Russian Federation.
    I can do this in my country. My Russian friend couldn’t do this in Russia.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      They revealed the horrific shit that the state does and were prosecuted for it with extreme prejudice. You can clown around in your country as long as you’re deemed to be a clown and not a threat.