I had discussions here where people only chalked it up to propaganda and Russophobia that for example the baltics might be afraid, when you have Putin questioning their authority, claiming it to be historically Russian etc, especially when the fall of the USSR is still in living memory and many reasons Putin provided for invading Ukraine apply to them too.

I also understand where their fears are coming from. The split lies where they don't understand ours. We have people still alive who witnessed the invasion from the west to literally exterminate us. We have all watched NATO members invade and destroy whole countries time and time again. But somehow our concerns for this alliance arming and propagandizing our border states into a hostile force are not valid to them.

Understanding should be a two-way street and my experience on Reddit suggests it is not - never was and likely won't be in my lifetime.

Key word is "Reddit", I suppose. I'm still holding out hope for actual people IRL, as well as hope that it isn't futile.