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Originally Posted by GGG
I think Russia's human rights record on all issues is pretty terrible. Political dissidents are locked up, reporters etc. Prior to this law being made public there was no push to boycott. So why do these abuses, the majority of which were ongoing before the law was made, cause a tipping point at which boycotting would be considered.
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People are funny?
More seriously, that's just how tipping points work. You can never predict exactly where it's going to be or even explain afterwards why it was where it was. But you can tell when it was crossed.
At that point people either
a) feel like a line has been crossed and they just won't be silent or
b) feel like enough people share their gripe that they feel comfortable voicing it.
Often both at the same time.