• Hillock@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    It should be common knowledge that you can’t just bring prescribed medication into a foreign country. There is even plenty of OTC medication you can’t bring into some countries.

    Heck, in many places you can’t even bring fruits, meat, or dairy. Not doing your due diligence before traveling is on the person traveling.

    I don’t think she deserves to be in prison for that and I would assume if relations with Russia at the time were better she would have just been denied entry/fined.

    But breaking the law is still entirely on her and returning such a high profile prisoner in exchange for her mistake stings.

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      11 months ago

      should be

      It’s not even entirely clear in her own country from state to state, it being medically prescribed confused the situation even more, get over yourself.

      Further, she’s out, it’s over, all of you harping on it means nothing except you get to feel superior over a black athlete.

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        11 months ago

        I feel superior that I never had to release a person in the top 10 wanted list because I really needed my drugs.

        That’s a reasonable position however you want to spin it.

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          11 months ago

          Your rhetoric is typical of a racist.

          Or possibly just an asshole.

          really needed my drugs

          Probably both. An asshole who doesn’t understand or respect medicinal uses for cannabis, and a racist who judges POC more harshly than others for it.

          No, that’s not a reasonable position.

          Also, she didn’t choose the terms of her release, so again, your position seemly blaming her for who was traded isn’t reasonable. Also, if she wasn’t traded for him, Whelan probably would have been. And most likely you wouldn’t be complaining about that nearly as much, and you’d be perfectly happy letting her be in prison instead, which is why all your bullshit is most likely racist as hell.

          And I’m blocking you now, worthless person.

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            11 months ago

            I’m racist is all you’ve got for that? Really? Brilliant rebuttle.