In response to Superhero Bias
Comment author: Michael5 01 December 2007 11:49:45AM 4 points [-]

In Putin's Russia, I would feel safer as one of a crowd of protesters, than as a famous critic of Putin.

In response to comment by Michael5 on Superhero Bias
Comment author: CF_Azaka 07 March 2015 07:25:20PM 0 points [-]

That's not historically true. If Russian police pull in 20 protestors and one of them is a celebrity that celebrity will be treated better, although better is a relative term. They won't disappear and never be seen or heard from again.