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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSupport Z, or else
People walk past the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, and a hashtag reading "We don't abandon our own" on an advertisement screen in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. AP
The letter Z is displayed on a bus in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. AP
People go down the escalator past the letter Z and a hashtag reading "We don't abandon our own" in an underground station in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. AP
In an underground station in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. AP
On an advertisement screen in St. Petersburg, March 7, 2022. Photo by AFP
St. Petersburg, March 10, 2022. AP
Over Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, March 5, 2022. AP
A car with the Z symbol, Moscow, March 4, 2022. Photo Arsenia N / Shutterstock
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Support Z, or else (Original Post)
dalton99a
Mar 2022
OP
No. They think they are mushrooms. Keep them in the dark and feed them bullshit
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2022
#6
Putrid exploits Anchor Bias, people aren't stupid just don't have both facts of story laid out
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#12
+1, and the GZP will start wearing the armbands first the M$M will ignore them and not hold them
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#13
It started as a popular grass roots thing, but I smell AstroTurf, and if not then it is coopted now.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2022
#4
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)1. Not quite as stylish as a swastika
But you get the point
Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)2. They must think their people are stupid.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,784 posts)6. No. They think they are mushrooms. Keep them in the dark and feed them bullshit
My take: it won't work for long, or the longest it will work is until Russia decides to shake off the pariah state status and join the real world.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)12. Putrid exploits Anchor Bias, people aren't stupid just don't have both facts of story laid out
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)3. You will start seeing this all over America soon
Because of course you will.
COL Mustard
(5,782 posts)5. I'm fine with fascists
Self-identifying. Makes them easier to shun.
AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)11. I can just imagine the giant pickup trucks with Z flags in their beds...
as Trump runs for office again.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)13. +1, and the GZP will start wearing the armbands first the M$M will ignore them and not hold them
... accountable and the rest will be left up to voters to decide.
damn
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,784 posts)4. It started as a popular grass roots thing, but I smell AstroTurf, and if not then it is coopted now.
mitch96
(13,816 posts)7. I think it would be neat if every "Z" had been turned into "Z"lenskyy.. That would piss putin off nt
Pachamama
(16,873 posts)8. Wait till it's realized that it means
Support Zelensky
lame54
(35,130 posts)9. More like Zzzzzzz - stay asleep people
live love laugh
(12,995 posts)10. ✔️
Raine
(30,540 posts)14. They "dont abandon their own" that's ironic since
they just leave their dead and wounded wherever they fall.
woodsprite
(11,853 posts)15. Guess they figure their people are "Z" while everyone else is "Not Z". nt