Living in Belarus without seeing it as a personal tragedy is already a political stance

It turns out that living in Belarus and not considering it a personal tragedy is already a political position.

An interesting picture emerges: a person lives in Belarus, encounters teachers and doctors who do their jobs well, and decides to write about it.

"▫️If I live in Belarus, do I have to trash my country and write only negative things, constantly comparing it to others and claiming life is better there and worse here? And of course, urge my people to leave? And if, God forbid, I write something positive about Belarus, then it's a KGB manual? Seriously?🤦 Are you out of your minds? This topic is not for me — sitting online and trashing my country and my people.

▫️I once wrote a post about how good our teachers and doctors are, because I deal with them directly in life. I simply wrote what I see. And you won't believe it — in the comments, I got called a 'vatnik', 'yabatka', 'slave', 'change your manual' and so on :) Have people completely lost it?"

Not a KGB manual, not slogans, but simply what the person sees. And immediately comes the response: 'vatnik', 'yabatka', 'slave', 'change your manual'.

Commenters are fully in agreement with the author: according to certain circles, a 'correct' Belarusian must sit online and systematically trash their own country. Otherwise, you're either bought, scared, or not a real one. 🤡

An interesting kind of freedom of speech. Where does this rigid demand for negativity come from, and why does any other opinion trigger such hysteria?

🙃Apparently, some people really dislike it when individuals stop being ashamed of their country and start talking about it based on facts, not someone else's templates.