“Nahncee’s right that they need to hear how pissed we are at Putin. But, a lot of this “they’re-all-evil” rhetoric just reinforces the propaganda of the Russian media. They really do fear that all foreigners are members of a great cosmic lynch mob out to get them.”

If we have such an unfavorable view of them and their culture, it not for lack of good reasons. Consistently they have shown a spinelessness in the face of evil and they willingly collaborate with it. Russian collaboration with evil forces rivals the French collaboration with the Nazis in WWII.

Whenever an individual Russian stands up and is counted among our friends and supports our values, we do take note. We don’t dismiss it.

It’s just that there are so few of them.

So, they drown their hopelessness in vodka and drugs. I just have a hard time summoning compassion for Russia and Russians.