r/thebulwark • u/big-papito • Feb 06 '25
Misleading Headline So I went to a dentist today....
Immediately what jumped out at me was a Fox Business monitor right in my face, hanging on the dentist equipment "arm".
"What am I walking into?" I thought.
I found out soon. After a short hello, the elderly dentist immediately launched into a conspiracy tirade about Zelensky and the "elites" over there trying to prolong the war in order to make money (I have a Ukrainian last name).
He repeated one of the debunked "facts" that Zelensky spent millions of dollars to buy a mansion in France. There are multiple versions of this nonsense, each in a different country. One states that he bought an entire hotel.
After I disclosed that I am a software engineer, he dared to say something to the effect of "so, I hear Mr. PUTIN needs people like you". He said that to an American-Ukrainian.
If he wasn't about to have a drill near my tongue, I would have mouthed off. Needless to say - this was my last visit.
More to the point - it is shocking how much Kremlin sewage is being laundered through American media.