[avaika]

> Their opinion of our politics is generally separate from how they treat me personally, and I do the same for people of other nationalities.

That is such a sane thing to do. I was always astonished and sad how often strangers in foreign countries instantly link my origin to the actions of the people in power. As if this is completely under my control and with no doubt I support and approve whatever they do.

[ponector]

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[mrbombastic]

The default should be to treat people with respect and give benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise, treating people as guilty because of where they were born is always a crappy thing to do.

[avaika]

Given that the EU after over 3.5 years of full scale invasion still buys Russian oil, should we also treat EU citizens as sponsors of the war?

[snapcaster]

Judging from this logic you would have supported the US locking up the japanese people in internment camps right? If not, why not?

[csomar]

> That is such a sane thing to do. I was always astonished and sad how often strangers in foreign countries instantly link my origin to the actions of the people in power. As if this is completely under my control and with no doubt I support and approve whatever they do.

I've never witnessed this happen. People (in person) are usually not aggressive and would not tell what's on their mind. Maybe if a Ukrainian and a Russian are to meet in a bar, things can get heated.

Mind to share the countries where you saw this happen?

[avaika]

Fortunately nobody was aggressive to me. It was vice versa to a point which made me deeply uncomfortable. Once people learned that I am originally from Russia (even though I am not Russian and I don't live there for many years), people in e.g. Algeria or Tunis or some SE Asia countries were shouting Russian politician names with approval. Some of them tried to lecture me on politics there, assuming I fully approve government actions. Eventually I simply stopped mentioning my origin whenever it was possible, cause I really have no desire to go into same discussion over and over again. And people won't listen anyway.

[tracker1]

Like assuming the U.S. has control over what Israel or Russia does.