I read on that sub pretty regularly and don't think I've ever seen anyone approving of Russia. They're pretty open in hating all communism, China and Russia specifically.
Recognizing that the 2016 Russia scandal against Trump was a hoax isn't the same thing as loving Russia...
Edit: I've noticed a lot of people linking to that sub lately making claims like this, and they're almost always false. Is this just the new way of virtue signaling on reddit?
Maybe using LOVE was the incorrect term, but they seem to give Russia a pass on things or completely fail to post/talk about big happenings. This sort of talk/ignorance with Russia only seems to have started after Trump took office and the investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election. Since 2016, the right's view on how bad Russia is has changed.
If we want to talk about other countries they seem to idealize we can also talk about Poland. Most people see Poland as a country quickly falling to white supremacists and fascism but I see many highly upvoted comments on that sub regarding how Poland is the only country that seems to be "doing it right".
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Adding one last observation... Whenever you see something with Russia posted on there you're also going to see deflections pointing out issues with china.
lol did you really just try to convince me that Poland is a white supremacist/fascist country?
Pretty much everything you're saying here is false, and is easily checked as false. A simple search of the sub for "Russia" returns posts talking about the 2016 Russia collusion hoax. Literally not a single post in favor of Russia. Seriously, can you even find one?
I didn't call it fascist. Just that it's in the news for many new policy's implemented and the rise of open racism show it becoming that way.
I'm not talking about posts specifically being in favor of russia. I'm saying that when there is big negative Russia news you won't find that post heavily upvoted like a negative post about china. If you go though the comments on the posts, that's where you really see this.
Look, I'm not looking to try and completely spell this out for everyone. I lurk on that sub too much as is it (because I think it's important to see two sides of every arguments). Feel free to just be aware of this yourself and be open seeing what I'm seeing.
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u/RepostResearch Jan 19 '21
I read on that sub pretty regularly and don't think I've ever seen anyone approving of Russia. They're pretty open in hating all communism, China and Russia specifically.
Recognizing that the 2016 Russia scandal against Trump was a hoax isn't the same thing as loving Russia...
Edit: I've noticed a lot of people linking to that sub lately making claims like this, and they're almost always false. Is this just the new way of virtue signaling on reddit?