...A lot of these things are literally life and death though. They're people's metaphorical 'lines in the sand.'
Plus spreading the kind of misinformation Russia puts out is not helpful - because people will end up believing lies. After Covid, I know that someone, somewhere, will believe this sh**. Standing in Europe (albeit on the edge of here in the UK,) it is terrifying that some people in the US seems to think Putin has a point. Like... it's like if the US invaded Canada and claimed it was to liberate them. Awful.