Nilokeras wrote:Novus America wrote:
Well I know the EU is highly unlikely to actually ever grow a spine and stand up to this sort of thing, the point is that Russia only maintains any sphere of influence in Eastern Europe because the EU allows it through political weakness.
The mistake here is in assuming that there is no pro-Russian element in any of these countries. Which there is. Especially in the Ukraine, which is as much a nonsensical country as the various Sykes-Picot Frankenstein states in the Middle East.Novus America wrote:And clearly the EU is lacking willing to respond to Russian and Belarusian trolling, given they simply let Putin and even Lukashenka push them around with impunity. It is like a grown man getting bullied by a 5 year old. It is just sad.
Ah yes because the thing you always do with a troll is to flip over the table and get real mad
That always works
Well the Pro Russian element in Ukraine was ironically largely destroyed by Russia. What remains of Ukraine is more united than it ever was. But you are right, there is a substantial pro Russian element in Europe, bizarrely amongst the neoliberals and their mega corporations, the far left and the far right. That always fascinates me, how Russia has the sympathy of neoliberals like Merkel, Communists, and Neo Nazis.
But on a troll that is more what we are doing already. We get mad, we cry, complain and that only emboldens them. The best thing to do with a troll is not complain as we have been doing, the best thing is to troll them back, or ban them.
I am not even mad about what Belarus did, what makes me mad is not them doing what we expect them to do, what makes me mad is we are not taking appropriate countermeasures.
You do not simply do nothing or trolls will completely overrun your site.
Sometimes you can smile when the troll actually did something funny. You still ban them.
