@lina @theorytoe this
@lina In Russia most are proud that their fathers and grandfathers defeated the Nazis, but at the same time a lot of slavic people are prejudiced against the ones who come from Caucasus region, even those who are citizens of Russian Federation. They often call them black. Yeah, they call Caucasians black, no shit! Russia is as weird as it gets 🤪
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@voronesh234 "Islamic terrorism" has nothing to do with it. It was the same in Soviet times, long before Chechen wars. It was the same with Jews and even with Germans in Russian Empire. Certain degree of xenophobia is natural, it's a low-level survival mechanism and it often gets successfully exploited to divide and conquer.
What makes in funny is that people who take pride in "defeating Nazis" and those who have very unhealthy levels of xenophobia are most often the same people.
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@voronesh234
Man, what "us" are you talking about? I am Russian myself, I know this shit very well. I just noted it because it's funny and it doesn't make sense to those who live outside Russia. Just like "progressive" stuff doesn't make sense to you. It doesn't make any of us better than the other. It's not necessary ungrounded, but it's still funny — that's it.
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