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• biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I get your point, some people do blame everything on certain groups, but this is about an internet stereotype, and everyone, or at least most people, know that stereotypes have to be true to some extent.

  I’ve come across my fair share of Russian trolls, which are the majority for my case, and next are American trolls.

  I’d assume that most of the people complaining about Russian trolls I’ve seen on Lemmy and other social media are from the USA or the EU, and for context, I’m from Australia, so it isn’t one specific area in the world that experiences it, it’s global, making it even more valid of a stereotype since it’s so omnipresent.

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  • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    know that stereotypes have to be true to some extent.

    No actually, they don’t.

    I’ve come across my fair share of Russian trolls, which are the majority for my case

    Really? And how did you determine that? Because unless you actually had some way of verifying that they were “Russian trolls”, you’re just begging the question and assuming what you already believed.

    I’d assume that most of the people complaining about Russian trolls I’ve seen on Lemmy and other social media are from the USA or the EU, and for context, I’m from Australia

    In other words; people who are overwhelmingly more likely to be interacting with anglosphere trolls than Russian ones.

    so it isn’t one specific area in the world that experiences it

    A bunch of anglophones western countries is very much “one specific area in the world”

    since it’s so omnipresent.

    Is it? How exactly have you determined it to be “omnipresent”? Sounds like you’re just engaging in extremely circular reasoning.

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• SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A lot of those people would be correct :)

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  • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “I stubbed my toe, Damn You Russia!”

    You: “this person is reasonable and correct”

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    • breecher@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How does that strawmanning work out for you? Does it make you feel clever?

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      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not a strawman. I wish you Reddit debatebros would actually learn what these terms mean, rather than treating them like magical incantations that can be used anywhere to magically win an argument

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    • MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      lemmy.ml moment

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      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So you people actually think “Russia is responsible for everything bad in my life” is a reasonable take?

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      • AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You sure they’re not a secret jerry trying to sabotage the war bonds?

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