Overkill

 

CNN recently posted a video about Nekoglai (Nikolai Lebedev), who was tortured by police because of a TikTok video. 

A lot of the comments under the video are unbelievably callous. Many if not most are probably from russian trolls or russia sympathizers. Still, it's sad he doesn't have many defenders. Perhaps the trolls were counting on this. People don't care about russian brutality; perhaps they also blame the victim-- for a completely disproportional response.

Sometimes evil is evil; cultural relativism excuses such things in the name of tolerance. But beating up someone because of a social media post-- a totally innocuous bit of free speech-- should not be tolerated.

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some comments:

• russia is a very rigid society with rules and expectations clearly spelled out. He should be grateful he had the opportunity to learn a lesson about appropriate behavior as an uninvited guest in a country before offending a serious no BS states such as Saudi Arabia, Thailand or Singapore.

• Well making fun of war and people dying should have some repercussions. The tik tok generation is in for a rude awakening from "reality"

• WOW! Another attention seeker wanting to go to an early grave. Russia isn't weak like America where you can rant all you want.

• A parody of a war action? Torturing and deportation were too good for this clown.

• slap him for me please.
• He is lucky. He sh0uld be thanking the Russians for not ending his life.
• I think he might die in a pillow fight. He soft; like woman. Put him up against Tyson

[there are similar comments under other videos of people who are tortured, such as a man who was tortured and raped for a poem.)