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I'm aware of the existence of Russian "meme warfare" though I think its effect on politics in America is severely overstated.
But uh, how is this meme that you're complaining about a "Russian meme". Or are you just under the delusion that all political memes are Russian or something? How is making fun of Desantis for the pudding thing something Russians would do?
I dont know for fact, but I treat any political meme like it might. This combined with it not being relevant to the discussion would make me prefer to just not have them at all
I appreciate your comment though, it challenged assumptions without being egregious
I don't really think this is a rational or particularly healthy stance to take on political memes. I can maybe understand if your stance was just "keep the worldnews posts serious", though I'd disagree with that too. But saying that you're trying to avoid Russian influence by avoiding memes is... idk. Doesn't really make sense to me. Political memes aren't inherently Russian.
You also have to consider Russia's like, motives here. I don't really see a reason for them to want to make pudding jokes about DeSantis.
I appreciate your concern, but can assure you I'm mentally healthy
you totally might be, but the bare fact that you had to say this to someone today should probably prompt you to reflect a bit about all this friend
They're mentally healthy for a westerner
Which is so rabidly racist and xenophobic that they're calling out random memes for being Russian as an insult
I’m gonna push back on this fam. It’s peak
libshittery to internet diagnose someone with mental health problems as a way to "critique" their positions. We’re not about that shit.
I specifically didn't diagnose them or say that, their behavior and assumptions seem deranged to others and I wanted to get that across, not imply they are mentally ill