This is so fucking embarrassing. It’s going to be interesting to see if they’ll regret their actions in the near future. Only time will tell.
Stage 1. Navalny remembrance posts and fanfics. Wailing and gnashing of teeth. <- Still here right now.
Stage 2. Normal people forget who Navalny is.
Stage 3. Navalny is adopted into some reddit lib copypasta to ward away “pro-russian disinformation agents” in the same way that they use Tiananmen Square with China.
Stage 4. Most redditors forget who Navalny is, occasionally invoked as half-hearted attempt to drum up some russophobic sentiments.