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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean its always ironic when that happens.

Russian dissidents want to leave the war machine and they are banned from visiting European countries to defect.

And the US deported a russian dissident back to russia.

And now the US banned 75 countries from coming to the US, including Iranians who want to flee the regime...

So I guess fuck those people?

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

It's difficult to know who's a dissident and who's a spy or terrorist.

Iran just threatened to kill the leader of another country. Yeah fuck Trump and all that, but you aren't going to open the doors to anyone from a country that's issuing threats, especially a country that's complicit in a lot of terrorist acts.

Russia is engaged in a sabotage campaign in Europe, so the reasons for blocking Russians from Europe is similar.