https://lemmy.ml/comment/16305748
Simple competition gaslighting. The bigger the better.
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For a long while, i havent seen anyone defend Russia on lemmy.
Even if it exists and its easy to find if you have seen it before, that doesnt mean every single person knows about it
Seeing anti-NATO posts and thinking thats what people are referring to when they are saying there are pro-russian posts isnt that unlikely of a scenario
With all due respect it's a .ml account that is 1 year and 4 months old as of writting.
Judging by their post history they spend most of their time in political and news on .world now from time to time you will 100% see someone defending Russia there.
just the instance they are on is riddled with tankies it would be highly unlikely.
The comment was made in bad faith or they have a serious case of selective vision. I would bet on the former.
This makes the chance that they havent seen any comment or post supporting Russia a lot less likely
But wouldnt it be easier to link to someone defending Russia and then judging by their reply than searching trough their post history?
All you have to do is browse .ml
You know you're at the right place when you start seeing stuff like "occupied korea".
I've seen plenty of people not only defending Russias invasion but justifying it as the right thing to do with claims that they are "de-nazifying" Ukraine.