Andrey (azangru) wrote,
Andrey
azangru
But Forbes’s Ryan Mac did catch Brin elaborating slightly — reportedly saying “I’m here because I’m a refugee.”
Brin’s family emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States in 1979 to escape Jewish persecution.
(The Verge)

Refugee. Jewish persecution... Doesn’t is sound a touch too dramatic when applied to the Soviet Union of 1979.

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Relevant. Saw this on Facebook the other day. This feels like a more appropriate kind of tone to me.


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