[mikhailovich]

Russia is a backwards racist country who average rural citizen hates Americans from what I have gathered from recent conversations with several Russians. I understand lots of us think differently and the the Russia "people" are "very similar to us" - not so much I'm learning.

Most rural Americans probably hate Russians, as well.

I've personally spent weeks at a time living with multiple Russian families in Moscow and Ryazan. They are more similar to us than you can imagine. I didn't pick up on any hate. Where they are noticeably different, is that they were smashed by the government and unable to communicate with outsiders or express themselves with foreigners (until now.) The average person over there is very similar to us in thinking, appearance, etc.

But you did get the racist part correct.

[nikos1121]

Can someone explain, in like three sentences, what is going on here? Why, who, what and how?

[datricker]

Thanks for your response. You would know better then I about the zeitgeist of the normal Russian and I think thats a great thing about me being incorrect about prevalent backwardness.

More than likely I experienced the equivalent of some anti-American leftist talking bad about red state America while in Russia.

However one of my Russian conversations was with an actual super model - I believed everything she told me and more - oh yes, yes I did.