I'm also kind of stumped by the people who are going on and on about somebody somewhere reportedly canceling a cartoon with Russian characters.

Have you seen this?

Really? Cartoon characters?

Another group of morons is bleating that Russian speakers in North America are feeling "unsafe." Seriously, if I never hear the word "unsafe" again, I'll be very happy. Can we at least retire this COVID rhetoric when we talk about the war in Ukraine? Haven't Ukrainians demonstrated how pathetic it is to "feel unsafe" over ridiculous stuff?

I was talking Russian on the phone in a store yesterday, and somebody gave me a dirty look. I didn't "feel unsafe." I was glad he knew and cared. I feel the same. N sent me a video of some Russian podcaster who is anti-war. I couldn't watch more than 20 seconds. The accent, the concerned face. I started to heave.

I've read a mountain of posts by people in Ukraine who are under bombs. They don't "feel unsafe." They feel murderously angry and completely determined.