Meat Grinders for Russian War Widows

[Perknose]

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Local officials from Russia’s ruling party have caused controversy by presenting mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine with gifts of meat grinders, an appliance widely used to describe Russia’s brutal tactics on the frontline.
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The Russian word for meat grinder, myasorubka, has the same double meaning as in English.

"Could we also have some meat?" asked a grieving Svetlana R.

 

[Jaskalas]

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I read a theory....
These meat grinders exist to replace search engine results for "Ukraine, Russia, meat grinder".
That's it, that's all they are doing. PR / narrative control for the modern era.

Doesn't sound too crazy, right?

 

[mikeymikec]

I read a theory....
These meat grinders exist to replace search engine results for "Ukraine, Russia, meat grinder".
That's it, that's all they are doing. PR / narrative control for the modern era.

Doesn't sound too crazy, right?

If one is tone deaf to the use of the term 'meat grinder' in the context of war, sure?

It seems like a clear-cut case of the Streisand Effect to me! (or at least it ought to be)