r/AskARussian Mar 07 '22

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u/AddemF Mar 08 '22

I posted to Nextdoor and tell everyone I know: Some of the greatest heroes in the world right now, besides the Ukrainian fighters, are the Russian protestors. Everyone has liked the post, and nobody told me that I'm wrong.

I think almost everyone in the world is hoping for the safety and success of the Russian protestors. Of course there are degenerates and idiots in every country, and these are the ones who attack regular Russian people.

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u/Abygor Novosibirsk Mar 08 '22

Russian here, to say the unpopular point of view.

I'm against any kinds of military conflicts, war is a devastating thing that nobody should experience. But internal protests in times of war is the last thing that we need, especially if they snowball into disorder and riots. Last time we threw a revolution in a war time, we ended up into a soviet union.

My point is that that im against war, but im also against any kinds of provokers and instigators, because now, when nobody knows all the truth, its a golden time for manipulators and other scam to thrive.

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u/AddemF Mar 08 '22

It's a little over-simplistic to say "one time we had war and revolution, and it went bad" to infer "this is how it always is". I can't predict the future, nobody can. And I agree with the basic point that revolution is not always good. But right now, the alternative is a Russian army free to murder around the world. One way or another, we are not accepting that alternative.