u/-Ozman

I keep noticing more and more that moderators seem to remove threads that barely touch upon something controversial instead of encouraging open dialogue and free speech which is one of the main principles of Reddit

For example in this post about the Victory Day, literally half of the comments have been deleted even though they were not violating this subreddit’s rules in any way, apparently anybody who doesn’t agree with the Russian/Soviet propaganda and dares to criticize it in the least is subject to being silenced and having their comments removed

I have personally taken part in this discussion and got most of my comments removed under the “behavior” rule of the sub, even though I never insulted anyone and barely argued that the Soviet Union should not be celebrated due to its genocidal policy against the Kazakh and Ukrainian people. Remember that Kazakhs and Ukrainians fought in this war for their homeland and families, not for the vile redfascist regime which was starving them to death just a few years prior

I would also like to remind everyone that by law, usage of the Soviet symbols for Victory Day has been officially canceled in Kazakhstan, you can only use the Kazakh national symbols, the blue ribbon and the emblem of the Kazakhstan Armed Forces