Troll Watch for 14 March 2022

Welcome to the first issue of Troll Watch! 

Today in the Troll Watch there are three existing tactics and narratives in use by the Trolls:

1. Beginning the day before the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine and slowly declining in popularity are the variations on the Troll narrative that Ukraine isn't a real country. The argument tends to circle around historic Russian claims but can also veer off into nonsense about how Ukraine never registered their borders with some UN agency. 

2. Next up are variations on the theme of Why don't you go over to Ukraine and fight for them? Naturally this narrative is intended to shame and silence anyone who supports the Ukrainians in their fight against the invading Russians. However, the counterpoint is that none of the pro-Russian trolls are volunteering to go fight and die for Putin. 

3. The most recent Troll narrative is one where a hypothetical question is posed that asks how the US would feel if Russia or China deployed nuclear weapons into Mexico or Canada. The false equivalence being made that NATO membership for Ukraine is the same as Russia or China directly threatening the US. 

Watch out for these troll narratives and defeat them by refusing to get sucked into their idiotic conversations! 

That is all for today! 



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