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submitted 1 year ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] thecodemonk@programming.dev 71 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The comment threads here are weird. Who, in their right mind, would ever support a country like Russia? It's mind blowing.

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 41 points 1 year ago

Tankies.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Tankies claim to not be supporting Russia but only point out issues with Ukraine and believe every bit of info that comes out of Russia.

[–] First@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Hexbear.net is a Russian nationalist instance... They've grown up under Putin's cencorship and state media brainwashing.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

It's a whole subculture. I don't know, I can think of weirder conspiracy theories with a following.