It happened with Belarus and now it’s happening with Russia. Can’t believe some people only know how to praise protesters’ bravery in these countries by diminishing the often deadly threat that African Americans face from US police
No one is saying the Russian and US police forces are the same. No one is saying that the US is a Putinist authoritarian regime. But it’s just so dismaying to see tweets like Tom Nichols’. @ksvarnon and @Russian_Starr have already said all this better than me
US paradigms should not be imposed on Russia and visa versa. It is possible to praise the bravery of Navalny and Russian protesters without reaching for tenuous comparisons with BLM and... *checks notes*... Martin Luther King?
To be clear: There is nothing wrong with *informed* and *nuanced* comparisons of mass mobilisations in Russia and the US. That’s not what I, @ksvarnon and others are saying. The issue is using one simply as a foil to highlight the other
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