oh, but it's the exact opposite. the people IRL tend to react to censorship and surveillance with the word пидорасы, while the regime's eunuchs on the Internet defend it.

maybe having lived under the Soviets makes my people less welcoming to the idea of a commissar deciding what they're allowed to see, hear, say, and ultimately think.

what does that word mean? Wiktionary says it's a vulgar word for "gay person", huh?

consider that not everyone grew up in an oppressive dictatorship.