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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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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 day ago

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

Poor kids, though.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 111 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 23 points 1 day ago

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

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

Cause Jesus spoke English, duh.

/s

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.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 87 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

For people who didn't read the whole article, you really should. It touches on the fact that Derek Huffman ended up sent to the front lines in the war against Ukraine, and for a while there were rumors he'd died there.

It also talks about another family that did the same thing and immediately got swindled out of everything, with Russia's famously corrupt law enforcement doing nothing to help them against the swindler.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I feel horrible for the kids, they get forced to follow their parents mind-boggling stupidity.

Derek and DeAnna on the other hand are adults who thought out, planned, and followed through with their idiocy.

Politics aside; how could you possibly think moving your family to a country that's actively at war with its immediate neighbor, and struggling to find bodies to throw on the front lines, is even remotely a good idea.

It touches on the fact that Derek Huffman ended up sent to the front lines in the war against Ukraine, and for a while there were rumors he'd died there.

I would genuinely be more surprised to hear they were left to live peacefully.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Also what that he gets his news from Xitter and Alex Jones.

[–] silentdon@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Derek Huffman said he joined the Russian army to expedite the family’s applications for Russian citizenship, as well as to show support for their new homeland.

Service guarantees citizenship!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 22 hours ago

to ukraines sunflower fields.

[–] Sideshow_B00b@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] comador@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This all sounds like Starship Troopers propaganda lol

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[–] thoralf@discuss.tchncs.de 96 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel sorry for the children.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They will either be brainwashed into being good little Russian breeders, or end up on pornhub.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Both is possible.

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[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 day ago

Love that for them!

[–] BaroqueInMind@fedia.io 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good. Fuck them hope he dies in the meat grinder with the rest of the Russian military dipshits. Christian fascists dont deserve a peaceful life; they bring such persistent suffering to LGBTQ people for the past 2000 years, that I hope no religious group including these types of Christians never sees peace.

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree, but the kids didn't deserve this, they will forever have their lives ruined thanks to their piece of shit parents. Even more if they turn out to be LGBTQ themselves.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago

Sorry Ukraine - didn't mean to let our trash blow into your yard.

Please kill him swiftly before he has the chance to do any tangible damage to your nation. May his corpse nourish a few sunflowers.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This belongs to leopardsatemyface, no?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

More like "I ate my own face."

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 22 hours ago

in russia, face eats you.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Leopards weren't that interested in my face, so I moved to a country with hungrier leopards.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

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.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/e6f791bf-9311-421e-b2c4-6856c7922b77.webp

Religion very important to them

US: 53%

Russia: 16%

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/5914b607-bdf5-4238-883e-46fd51f4c52a.webp

Weekly worship attendance

US: 36%

Russia: 7%

Aside from Poland, where 42% of respondents attend weekly, every other European country in this analysis has rates of attendance at or below 25%.

Clearly Poland needs to start advertising, because Russia probably isn't where you want to go if you're on the hunt for a particularly religious environment, especially if your starting point is the US. Now, Poland's gonna have a more-specifically-Catholic environment, which I bet isn't what they are, but I bet that they aren't Russian Orthodox either, so...

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They could have moved to Ethiopia and been rocking that 82%, if it werent for that pesky racism point theyre standing on

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 1 day ago

You might want to recheck Poland. The article’s from 2018, and from what I’ve heard, thanks to the aura of Catholic child abuse scandals, they’re speedrunning Ireland’s post-independence history.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So they moved to a redneck colony run by a notorious professional Russian propagandist in an autocratic nation. Yikes.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago

Poor, poor white conservative Christians. Really sucks how every once in a while, they don't get to have their balls sucked by everyone. Once in a while.

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[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Feenstra family much?

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago

HAHAHAHAHA. That's it, I have no more words to say about this peaceful and Christ-loving family that would kill people if they could.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Spoiler alert: he lives:(

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