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As many as 1,500 “ideological immigrants,” including 127 Americans, have applied for temporary residence in Russia in the last year.

Two years ago, Derek and DeAnna Huffman were desperate to leave Humble, a suburb of Houston. Their three daughters, they believed, were being brainwashed by public school and mainstream media to support LGBTQ rights. American culture in general no longer offered white people the same opportunities as other races, they said.

The couple yearned to live in a place that shared their "Christian values" and where they "weren't going to be discriminated against" as white, politically-conservative Christians.

So in March, the Huffmans became the first family to move to a community planned for fellow English-speakers some 30 miles west of Moscow, a project they had been following online run by long-term American expat and former Kremlin-sponsored RT host Tim Kirby. The family is among a small but growing number of Americans who have moved to Russia because the United States, in their opinion, has become too “woke."

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[–] Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 minutes ago

I wish all of the Christians would go to russia

[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The Hares’ sons, 17, 15, and 12, have had difficulty adapting to life in Russia, and the two older boys want to return to America, according to their father. They feel isolated and are disappointed that school is not an option since Russia requires students to pass a language test to study in public schools.

[…] Leo Hare said it probably “would have been a dealbreaker” if they knew about the school restrictions.

Go to Russia because you can’t stand gay people.

Don’t learn the language.

Apparently don’t inform yourself at all about the country.

I can’t make fun of this whole thing. I can’t even wrap my head around what they were thinking.

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

They weren't thinking. They were gulping down the propaganda and gorging themselves on the fear-mongering. And now their kids are fucked over because of it.

[–] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

As many as 1,500 “ideological immigrants,” ... have applied for temporary residence in Russia in the last year.

This is a hilariously small number for a big country, why are they even touting this?

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Unless they are a closet homosexual who struggles with their sexuality then LGBTQ shouldn't really impact them at all.

Oh, they are ....

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

is liberal culture really a threat to anybody? like seriously how

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 1 hour ago

It's the reason my son won't talk to me.

  • Elon
[–] SloganLessons@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago

I saw a trans woman walking on the street the other day and it traumatized me. I have nightmares to this day and my psychiatrist says no drugs will ever help me get over it.

Wokism ruined my life

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm in the socialist hellhole Canada and my day is spent chasing away genderfluid canvassers trying to convert me and my kids to they/them and then when my kids get to school they're forced to have group sex led by cross dressers!

/s and really sad the state of the world I have to put that

[–] DetectiveNo64@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago

Fellow Canadian, got my mandatory estrogen injection yesterday.

Also /s just in case.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 10 hours ago

MAH KRISSHAN VALUWS!!!

[–] Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

The trash takes out itself, a self cleaning oven, survival of the fittest brains :D Fantastic to see it live in action

[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

I wish I could believe this but the reality is fascism drives away competence so we have an executive regime that can't figure out how to have a top secret meeting on discord without accidentally inviting random journalists

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

The leopards have a feast tonight.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

Next Up: 2026; American Tankie simps for CCP, moves to PRC and get drafted into PLA to invade Taiwan

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The tard was lied into joining the military. Where bro has no understanding of the language. I’m surprised he isn’t dead yet.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

You really don't need much language to be efficient drone fodder.

Genuinely dogs have the capacity to learn the vocabulary needed to be a frontline soldier.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 5 points 13 hours ago

I like to load up their channel and call them traitors and talk about drone strikes.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Good. Bye Felicia. It’s going to be funny when they realize Russia isn’t all white.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 22 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

It's funny how often I see a headline like this, then think to myself "now, now, let's be reasonable and give them the benefit of the doubt because crazy situations happen every day..."

aside: You see, growing up in white conservative christian america, my brain has this old deep conditioning to see people who are different looking or who have different priorities in life than me and think of how stupid/worthless that makes them. I have those neural pathways pretty safely contained, but it's important to do maintenance.

Anyways, I often think to myself oh hey they aren't just mind numbingly stupid and surely there's something else going on. Then I read the details and it's like every sentence pushes my face closer to my silly optimistic assumptions bellowing "search your feelings, you know it to be true" like some really heavy-handed metaphor about feeling the call of the dark side.

Nah, I guess I do know how stupid they are. But their stupidity isn't gonna frustrate me into being like them again.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You see, growing up in white conservative christian america, my brain has this old deep conditioning to see people who are different looking or who have different priorities in life than me and think of how stupid/worthless that makes them.

It's so interesting to see how other people's experiences of white conservative Christian America can be so different from mine. I have this deep conditioning to see people who are different looking or have different priorities and be curious about their choices and experiences, specifically because of my upbringing in a little country church.

In fact, I remember being cautioned to pull back on the reins a bit when I was in my "angry conservative" stage in college—back during W's first term, when I was super far right for the time but still had beliefs that would make me a "radical lib'rul" today. Some of the people I went to church with were like, "yeah, I can see that your heart is in the right place, but you're kinda over the top about this and this." Most of what brought me out of that phase was meeting people who were different from me, but another part was Christian people I trusted saying, "that's too much."

That's part of why I had so much cognitive dissonance when Christians started supporting Trump; it felt out of step with everything we had ever been taught as children, and even as young adults.

I've come to terms with the fact that I (and my parents, more recently) just aren't going to be welcomed back into that community again, because it has gone so deeply maga. But it wasn't like that when I was a kid.

their stupidity isn't gonna frustrate me into being like them again.

That's a really great way to say it. I feel that way myself, though I couldn't put it into words.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

It's so interesting to see how other people's experiences of white conservative Christian America can be so different from mine.

I agree. It's interesting and enriching to hear about the different starting points in life that led us to similar places.

my upbringing in a little country church.

It looks like you had one of those pockets of "true" ~~scotsman~~ christians! ~/s~

My family was catholic. I was surrounded by miserable conservatives before it was cool! :D

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[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 day ago (5 children)

lmfao what is this. i want to know what harm LGBTQ people cause day to day that they were scared and had to leave.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 23 hours ago

Congratulations, you guys got the illiberal society you dreamed of. Enjoy.

Poor kids, though.

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The amount of idiocy demonstrated by the adults in that article is fucking mind-boggling.

One family moved to Russia with only $50K to their name, for their family of 5, and didn't research the public education requirements for their sons ahead of time.

It tracks that people this fucking stupid would have this level of hate for "non-traditional" relationships.

[–] FisicoDelirante@lemmy.ml 12 points 20 hours ago

No way Russia is so uncivilized they don't speak English, right?

I guess that was their thought process, if there was any at all

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Feenstra family much?

Hey, straight up: good fucking riddance. We’ve got enough problems with malignantly idiotic conservatives and racists and fascists. I won’t shed a single tear if they want to move to a (more) authoritarian country.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 248 points 1 day ago (20 children)

Imagine leaving Texas because you think it's too liberal.

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[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 105 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Aren't these the kind of people who'd get mad at immigrants in the US if they don't speak English? Why don't they learn proper Russian and integrate?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 23 hours ago

Because it wasn't ever actually about that, of course.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 23 hours ago

Cause Jesus spoke English, duh.

/s

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