What is the difference between russian #trolls/#vatniks alias "free thinkers" and other intelligent people? How can you quickly recognize a pro-russian vatnik?
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1) Vatniks are completely predictable and they share the same nonsense - all languages, all countries,
π§΅:
1) Vatniks are completely predictable and they share the same nonsense - all languages, all countries,
Their narative about others is always the same:
a) they don't think for themselves, they are controlled by CIA
b) they only get information from CNN: "You got this from CNN" is typical response -even in my country where we usually dont watch CNN at all
c) they are brainwashed
a) they don't think for themselves, they are controlled by CIA
b) they only get information from CNN: "You got this from CNN" is typical response -even in my country where we usually dont watch CNN at all
c) they are brainwashed
2) Vatniks always choose conspiratory narratives mostly spread by russian propaganda, which goal is to destabilize the western societies. West mostly tolerates any expression, therefore vatniks can protest in EU against nato, but you can hardly protest in russia. Even blank paper
gets you to jail.
3) Vatniks always see an enemy in someone or something. If you disagree in anything, you are their enemy. Intelligent people would disagree with each other most of the time. This is why the west looks weak for russians, because we fight over ideas constantly.
3) Vatniks always see an enemy in someone or something. If you disagree in anything, you are their enemy. Intelligent people would disagree with each other most of the time. This is why the west looks weak for russians, because we fight over ideas constantly.
This actually makes the West strong and progressive, while russia has been always enslaved backwards society. All smart people leave. However, west looks weak and russia looks strong, because you dont see any opposition. Well, if you throw all of them out of the window, you can
easily get 100% of votes. Like Xi JinPing. There is no opposition, noone thinks differently. You are not allowed to have a different opinion. You either follow the leader, emigrate or die. If you are lucky, 15 years in prison.
4) Vatniks are always hateful. I haven't seen any meaningful post from them that wouldn't be hateful against someone, usually some group of people. They always need to hate someone - blame someone for their lives. Currently, it is Ukrainians. But for their hate, even
people from the other street are enough. I see a lot of hate coming towards Prague citizens from those living outside the capital. There is always something to hate.
5) They have opinions literaly about everything. And the opinion is always very simple/primitive and in majority cases wrong. They don't have brain capacity to process more complex ideas and evaluate consequences - intended or unintended.
6) They try to extrapolate your character and you opinion. Because they are a homogenous group - they are all the same with the same opinions, they think that their enemy is the same. But this is simply not true. Intelligent people would form huge amount of different combinations
of opinions. Vatniks cannot process it. They think that if you support Ukraine, you must support wearing masks, you must support Palestine, you must support immigration, you must support LGBT etc etc. No, we dont. We can have different combinations of opinions
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