People are extremely susceptible to propaganda in general, but they seem particularly likely to fall for Russian and Chinese variants of same. Are those two countries just better at it, or what it is? To be painfully honest, even some of my friends have repeated Putin talking points like he’s got his hand shoved so far up their butt he’s able to control the words coming out of their mouths. Now, I like you, friends, but it’s true.

Don’t be a Putin shill. It’s just déclassé. And hurts your butt.