[prolikewhoa]

It's turning into Russiophobia.

Criticism of Putin and the Government, fine, understandable. When you start bringing the language, culture, and innocent people just trying to get by into it and start picking fun at it, that's not OK.

The same people who are OK with this are appalled at the similar right wing/4chan generalizations about Israel and Jewish people.

[throwaway84742]

There’s plenty of “americanifobia” on the other end. But I think in both countries the extent of the problem is wildly exaggerated by observers. The vast majority of normal people don’t really fear or hate the entire other people. It may be trendy or “socially acceptable” for them to say they do, but deep down they understand it’s all propaganda and bullshit.

More generally, the quantity of fucks anybody gives about things that do not affect them directly tends to be exaggerated.