Thibault Ukraine Russia Moral Standpoint

@Alex_1987 said in #39:
> I think you need to read more posts of people carrying russian flag in their profile to understand better this part
Oh yes, the classic "I have evidence of some of the group doing something bad therefore we should get rid of the whole group" thing.

I'm sure that wasn't your intention, perhaps it was just unfortunate wording. As for your overarching point about the people who publicly speak out in support of Russia with respect to the Russian war in Ukraine, please see Lichess' blog post on this issue. I believe this part in particular should satisfy all your demands, unless you really do just want to remove all Russians solely for the crime of being Russian.
lichess.org/blog/Yie1MhIAACAAk6OQ/lichess-statement-on-the-war-in-ukraine
>All users are reminded that Lichess has the right to proactively remove access to certain services or features of our website from users who, at our sole discretion, violate our Terms of Service (ToS). This includes the glorification of terrorism, sharing extremist, bigoted, or racist views, and promotion of genocide / war crimes.

@SuperiorWood said in #37:
> Okay but we're talking about banning people from playing chess because they happen to be a certain nationality.

Not sure who "we" is, but @Toscani spoke about flags and "a personal choice and that freedom of choice should be respected".

Should a swastika flag be allowed as feedom of personal choice?
Well, I'm not sure actually, because if you ban a swastika you just get rid of symbol but not of that, what it represents.

On lichess Russians players are kind of privileged because they have two flags available. Which of those they choose say something about them.

And with the mention of swastikas, I'm out. I look forward to watching this thread devolve now that we're firmly in the realm of preparing to call our opponents nazis.