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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
It seems like something stinks in Russia. This obviously isn't every Russian, but there's enough evidence of widespread xenophobia there.
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Xenophobia is common in Eastern Europe. There’s no reason to believe Russians are any worse in this respect than Hungary or Poland, which are currently governed by far right ethno-nationlist parties. Both countries are welcoming Ukrainian refugees today, but before the war were using barbed wire and machine guns to keep Central Asian refugees out, and being praised in far right circles as ‘defenders of Europe’ for doing so. I expect the attitudes of the average Pole, Hungarian, or Ukrainian around race and ethnicity would be pretty shocking to Canadians. They’re very conservative countries (see my earlier post on high levels of support for Trump in the region).
In distressing times like this people crave simplicity and stark narratives of good vs evil. But the world is complex.