Married to Russian and having spent a lot of time in the local Russian community, I have some observations:
Russians are just like us.
They like the same music, watch the same movies and tv shows, eat the same food, celebrate the same holidays and share the same values. They look like us. They dress like us. They act like us. They like to laugh, love, cook, eat, and drink and raise their children to be good people. They are proud of their accomplishments, of their heritage, of their Christian religion, not ashamed.
Given the choice between a family of Somalis, Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, Sudanese, etc. moving into the house next door or a Russian family, I'll take Russian neighbors any day of the week.
Yet we're supposed to hate these people while welcoming with open arms every wretched third worlder that finds their way to our shores.
What an excellent post, and with experience behind it.
Russians are white Christians - that’s why the Left hates them.