Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTeenage girl kills classmate and herself in Russia school shootingwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square252fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down19
arrow-up1365arrow-down1external-linkTeenage girl kills classmate and herself in Russia school shootingwww.independent.co.ukLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square252fedilink
minus-squarechitak166@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down3·9 months agoProbably with a very tribalistic “the world is against us” mentality.
minus-squareweew@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·9 months agothey’re being told they are fighting a righteous war defending Ukrainians from Nazis
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 months agoAnd the ones that don’t believe it have to shut up. Imagine being against the Iraq War post 9/11 in the US, but your bullies can get you put in jail.
minus-squaregalloog1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·9 months agoI don’t know why you are getting downvoted. It’s true and you don’t need to be pro-russian or believe it to acknowledge the propaganda.
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·9 months agoWhat I don’t get is how they can look at the rest of the western world backing Ukraine and not wonder “are we the baddies?” Or maybe they do and that creates cognitive dissonance too big to handle. Or they’re told all western countries are Nazis.
minus-squareichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 months agoYou know the insane amount of Russian bots on western-centric websites? Has to be double that on their own sites.
Probably with a very tribalistic “the world is against us” mentality.
they’re being told they are fighting a righteous war defending Ukrainians from Nazis
And the ones that don’t believe it have to shut up. Imagine being against the Iraq War post 9/11 in the US, but your bullies can get you put in jail.
I don’t know why you are getting downvoted. It’s true and you don’t need to be pro-russian or believe it to acknowledge the propaganda.
What I don’t get is how they can look at the rest of the western world backing Ukraine and not wonder “are we the baddies?” Or maybe they do and that creates cognitive dissonance too big to handle. Or they’re told all western countries are Nazis.
You know the insane amount of Russian bots on western-centric websites? Has to be double that on their own sites.