Gregory's ServerI never had to hide my real opinions from the secret police, under threat of jail or worse, but my parents most definitely have.
This is a lived experience of 50+ people in Poland, and a *very* real thing for their children (simply because it was so present during our upbringing).
Watching armchair sociologists / political scientists pontificate on how deeply the population of a certain Slavic country supports the state that is oppressing them is something I just cannot stand, on a very personal level.
@rysiek I have to close those threads on Reddit, because I drives me mad that some folks just really, really want to find a justification for blanket hate towards other people.