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You've gotta be wary of frequency bias, but:
Is anyone else seeing "#Russophobe" used to slur high-profile members of #NAFO who make jokes about it?
So, OK: few things about that.
Start with the context for "#russophobia" as a joke and a dogwhistle.
angdraug.medium.com/russophobe-is-…
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Is anyone else seeing "#Russophobe" used to slur high-profile members of #NAFO who make jokes about it?
So, OK: few things about that.
Start with the context for "#russophobia" as a joke and a dogwhistle.
angdraug.medium.com/russophobe-is-…
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As some of the old hands in #NAFO are doubtlessly aware, "russophobia" is a recurrent disinfo theme, and this isn't the first time it's cropped up in the context of Ukraine.
So, here's @DFRLab (<-- follow them, we like them) talking about it in '18
medium.com/dfrlab/putinat…
So, here's @DFRLab (<-- follow them, we like them) talking about it in '18
medium.com/dfrlab/putinat…
Back in 2017, Brian Whitmore in RFE/RL traces Russophobia back to "19th-century Slavophile poet and diplomat Fyodor Tyutchev", and reinforces an exceptionalist, righteously-aggrieved victim narrative for Russia.
rferl.org/a/the-russopho…
rferl.org/a/the-russopho…
