Anyone else seen Russians in Pattaya displaying the 'Z' symbol?

[csaba81]

Saw one of these aholes with Z drawn on both arms of his T-shirt with marker pen.

[Lemsta69]

no big if I did I'd just ignore it. same as I ignored the Yanks when USA and its lapdogs were bombing Iraq back into the stone age because ... reasons.

[Jingthing]

I must admit seeing such Zs here would trigger me in similar ways to when I've seen Nazi symbols and red maga hats here. I hate fascism regardless of national flavor. As yet haven't seen a Z here. Not saying I would start a fight though. I'm probably no match for a typical drunken Putinista gopnik.

Edited May 1, 2022 by Jingthing

[proton]

Z stands for Zombie

[Jingthing]

I well remember after Russia stole Crimea and there were massive crowds of Putin base provincial Russian tourists here. Then I saw many fascist Putin  t shirts and the stench of empirical arrogance. It was vomitous of course but so outnumbered.

Edited May 1, 2022 by Jingthing

[Screaming]

I have not seen any Z symbols but have seen anti Russian graffiti: 

[Lacessit]

Immediate deportation would be the answer, but Thailand would not want to offend one of the tourist markets they have left.

[Jingthing]

16 minutes ago, Screaming said:

I have not seen any Z symbols but have seen anti Russian graffiti: 

Not sure that works.

That's more anti communist.

Russia is not communist.

[Jingthing]

16 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Immediate deportation would be the answer, but Thailand would not want to offend one of the tourist markets they have left.

Hopefully no Thai schools will stage a Z themed fancy dress parade.

[Jingthing]

42 minutes ago, proton said:

Z stands for Zombie

No need to insult Zombies.

[csaba81]

15 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Hopefully no Thai schools will stage a Z themed fancy dress parade.

Correct, they are fascist, which is just at bad.

[Patong2]

Z?  Z?

Surely that means they support Zelensky and the Ukraine

or have they cocked that up too?

 

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

I have seen the symbol issuing from police boxes in Pattaya......????

[spidermike007]

Z for Zelensky! Even if it meant something crazy, or support for King Vlad, who could take a Russian fascist seriously anyway?

 

[petedk]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Immediate deportation would be the answer, but Thailand would not want to offend one of the tourist markets they have left.

The majority of Thais that I know fully support Russia. They get their news from some Thai channel that resends Russian tv. Anything from CNN or BBC according to them is fake news.

[Jingthing]

36 minutes ago, Patong2 said:

Z?  Z?

Surely that means they support Zelensky and the Ukraine

or have they cocked that up too?

 

 

No, it does not.

[Jingthing]

11 minutes ago, petedk said:

The majority of Thais that I know fully support Russia. They get their news from some Thai channel that resends Russian tv. Anything from CNN or BBC according to them is fake news.

Well if Thailand is pro Putin rather than just neutral they won't make any difference in the eventual outcome.

[Jingthing]

23 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Z for Zelensky! Even if it meant something crazy, or support for King Vlad, who could take a Russian fascist seriously anyway?

 

 

 

 

 

Realistic photos are even more off-puting (sic).

[Ohyesuare]

I'd be surprised if I did. The few Russians I've seen in Pattaya seem pretty nervous, lowkey and doesn't seem like they'd want to bring attention to themselves but of course, you always have the outliers.

[Will B Good]

Z for Zho-pa maybe?

 

The guy is trying to tell you he is an complete arße. 

[ThailandRyan]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Hopefully no Thai schools will stage a Z themed fancy dress parade.

You mean like when they dressed as Nazis 

[spidermike007]

1 hour ago, petedk said:

The majority of Thais that I know fully support Russia. They get their news from some Thai channel that resends Russian tv. Anything from CNN or BBC according to them is fake news.

Well, I tend to doubt that. But, if that is true, we can all take solace in how spectacularly irrelevant Thailand is on the world stage. 

[bkk6060]

Was having a coffee yesterday and saw some fat head in Jomtien with one on the sleeve of his t shirt.

Seems things right now I think are at a cross roads.  The hate and anger and descension has never been this bad that I can remember in my life time.  

[freedomnow]

..if I did, I would lay the dogs flat...

[freedomnow]

They go looking for Nazis in Ukraine - and as it turns out they end up acting worse than Nazis in the country....

 

Classic case of "the shadow self".

[VocalNeal]

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Immediate deportation would be the answer, but Thailand would not want to offend one of the tourist markets they have left.

Why does Thailand has a modicum of free speech. Just because it does not follow the US mantra?

[Bkk Brian]

4 hours ago, csaba81 said:

Saw one of these aholes with Z drawn on both arms of his T-shirt with marker pen.

They must feel very proud of themselves:

[Jingthing]

Punks doing that here where they know they will encounter hostiles are obviously doing it only to provoke reactions.

 

So they are real life trolls.

Best not to feed them.

 

The last time I encountered a maga hat bozo in Jomtien I did an involuntary double take and rolled my eyes derisively. His reaction turned out he was a Brit not even American was to try to make it a big public scene maybe a fight. He had accomplices and I suspect he was a youtuber trying to provoke a viral video. Sorry not playing. Try that game out on someone else.

Edited May 1, 2022 by Jingthing

[Thunglom]

At least you know who to hate, boycott etc.......... I asked a while back how Russians would be treated in Thailand by other expats....... It seems the problems are just starting.

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, Thunglom said:

At least you know who to hate, boycott etc.......... I asked a while back how Russians would be treated in Thailand by other expats....... It seems the problems are just starting.

Huh?

I think Russians behaving normally are fine here.

Unless they say so or display Z's etc. there is no way to know their position on the special WAR operation.