What is your feeling about the Russian trolls?

Question

It is nice to see some people from Russia joining in the discussions here. One need not agree with them to be challenged and enriched by their perspective.

But there are some whose only purpose is to be a royal pain in the tail. Ask a question as simple as, "how could is it?" and the answer will have something to do with everyone west of Poland being a n**i.

Anyone else wish they'd go away...or at least have to follow the community guidelines on rants?

Answer 1

A number of these people sound like they are paid propagandists for Russia. It would not surprise me to learn that many of these individuals work for the KGB.

Many of the answers that I have seen posted by these people sound exactly like the sort of propaganda that one would expect to hear from the KGB.

Answer 2

What’s the origin of this obsession with KGB? Ask a young man in Russia what KGB is and he’ll probably shrug his shoulders. In Soviet times it was thought that the worlds' vice was coming from across Atlantic but it turned out the Americans are nearly Puritans for the most part. I’ve had a glimpse of CNN’s coverage of Georgian events and seen that nobody but Russians are the culprits. Watch Russia Today and see that everything is vice versa. The history of mankind has been all wars and alas it will be like that forever. Everyone has excuses and everyone is sure he is right. US backs up Georgia so it would be unpatriotic of you not to blame Russia, as for us we'll stick to our own facts and figures.