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No, actually they have no idea how Eastern European cultures are, less Russia. They would stick out like a sore thumb, they would be shunned, treated with dista

No, actually they have no idea how Eastern European cultures are, less Russia. They would stick out like a sore thumb, they would be shunned, treated with distance for being foreigners. Being 'christian' wouldnt do literally sh*t. The only places where they would be getting treated normally would be ironically places with more woke Russians - ie Russian liberals, educated, woke people. Who would not shun others for being foreigners and who would not exhibit automatic/traditional Russian behaviors of suspecting/shunning strangers and being closed to them.

rnd0 5y ago
> They would stick out like a sore thumb, they would be shunned, treated with distance for being foreigners. Being 'christian' wouldnt do literally sh*t. I agree. In fact I think that their religion would only serve to exacerbate things since (unless I'm very wrong) Russians are largely Orthodox Catholics and these people are largely protestant and evangelical
- unity1001 5y ago
  Yep. They have no idea how great the divide in between Orthodox and other branches of Christianity is. Even muslims are more normalized in Orthodox regions since they have been living side by side for ~1000 years. And Protestanism, Evangelicals etc? They are much more 'further out' than these right wingers realize.
Tade0 5y ago
As an Eastern European I have friends and coworkers who are educated(PhDs even), but at the same time highly conservative, xenophobic and against wokeness in general. Some of them even lived and worked abroad, but of course learned nothing from that experience. Conservative foreigners would feel right at home with this crowd, but they might be surprised how liberal they are comparing to the locals.
- unity1001 5y ago
  Yes, i know that conservatism runs pretty deep in Eastern European culture, and its a behavior model more than a creed or ideology. The American conservatives would feel 'at home' with such people as you described, however such people would not be accepting them how they seem to think they would.

rnd0 5y ago

> They would stick out like a sore thumb, they would be shunned, treated with distance for being foreigners. Being 'christian' wouldnt do literally sh*t. I agree. In fact I think that their religion would only serve to exacerbate things since (unless I'm very wrong) Russians are largely Orthodox Catholics and these people are largely protestant and evangelical

unity1001 5y ago
Yep. They have no idea how great the divide in between Orthodox and other branches of Christianity is. Even muslims are more normalized in Orthodox regions since they have been living side by side for ~1000 years. And Protestanism, Evangelicals etc? They are much more 'further out' than these right wingers realize.

Tade0 5y ago

As an Eastern European I have friends and coworkers who are educated(PhDs even), but at the same time highly conservative, xenophobic and against wokeness in general. Some of them even lived and worked abroad, but of course learned nothing from that experience. Conservative foreigners would feel right at home with this crowd, but they might be surprised how liberal they are comparing to the locals.

unity1001 5y ago
Yes, i know that conservatism runs pretty deep in Eastern European culture, and its a behavior model more than a creed or ideology. The American conservatives would feel 'at home' with such people as you described, however such people would not be accepting them how they seem to think they would.