Reddit blocks posting any .ru links

free speech is neither free nor speech

I see people, government, corporation, media... say about "No war", say about they want peace. But their actions is actually spreading feud, tbh.

Media is manipulated by government for their politics. Some people are forcing their own viewpoint to others. People blindingly spreads hates without deeply thinking. Many users from social platforms think they know very well about politics and say like a professor when arguing with others.

Such a crazy time.

This anti Russia bigotry is out of control. Disagree with the fighting all you want, but Russia is a big place with a lot of normal people just trying to live their lives.

Everyone cheering for this should be ashamed of themselves for their blind Russiaphobia.

A government is not its people.

This is so ridiculous.

For christ's sake, I use Yandex translate because it's better for Russian. I now can't link that on a language learning subreddit.

I'm not Russian.

It's not as if Russians can't just register .com domains either. This is just fucking people around purely for the sake of it.

What should I do here? Fly to Russia and tell Mr Putin to stop?

It feels like corona all over again. Bad thing A happens, so you react by doing something that's about ten times more damaging.

The whole 'least worst case' scenario in which the West being directly responsible for a revolution is somehow less likely to cause fallout than just getting involved in the war is insane. The actions of people (e.g. the Russian government) aren't a set of if-then-else chains that you can find a loophole in.

The only fake stories and propaganda I’ve seen so far are from the Ukrainians:

- Ghost of Kiev using ARMA Footage.

No evidence this person exists.

- Miss Ukraine fighting in Kiev.

It was an airsoft gun. She says she isn’t fighting.

- Snake Island soldiers killed after heroic standoff.

They all surrendered.

- Nuclear Reactor shelled, radiation rising.

A training building was involved in a relatively small firefight. Reactor was never in danger and radiation levels didn’t change. The training building that caught fire was outside of the perimeter of the reactor complex and there is no evidence of “shelling”, which means heavy artillery.

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People debate if this is a needed part of the information war, and I’m not here to go back and fourth on that.

I am curious what Russian propaganda or information ops look like in the west because I haven’t seen them yet. (I’m not a social media user)

Does anyone have examples?

Edit: Added details for clarity. I’m a trained former nuclear submarine sailor, and current Army Officer, so this engagement sits at a nexus of my unique experience.