Polish authorities voiced grave concerns Wednesday after slogans praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine appeared at Polish farmers’ protests.
The Foreign Ministry said it believed that extreme groups were trying to take over the farmers’ protest movement “perhaps under the influence of Russian agents.”
On Tuesday, one tractor at a protest in the southern region of Silesia carried a Soviet flag and a banner that said: "“Putin, put things in order with Ukraine, Brussels, and our rulers.”
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski called the banner “scandalous,” and said that it was immediately secured by police, and that prosecutors were also investigating.
You know the really insidious thing about this virulent infection of propaganda? You have to be skeptical to defend against it, but even by making people skeptical Putin benefits. For example, when I saw this thread I thought to myself “maybe Poland is claiming the farmers’ movement is being subverted by Russia in order to discredit it,” and I had to deliberately decide to dismiss that possibility
So basically, you end up with everybody splintering into a bunch of groups:
And in every case, Poland’s ability to present a united front against Russia’s aggression is diminished.
Professor Chaos is the real threat to humanity
Pretty sure I saw someone’s comment earlier saying one ‘Polish’ farmer-protestor was on a list of Russian agents.