Thread: To Be A Russian

Using Stalin, Chechnya and immigration in one article shows that the author still looks on Russia through propaganda glasses, just a thought.
Nice pictures, though.

Originally Posted by hddscan

Using Stalin, Chechnya and immigration in one article shows that the author still looks on Russia through propaganda glasses, just a thought.
Nice pictures, though.

The first word from your list wasn't even used by the author, but by a Russian herself. I think such visual censoring you performed only strengthens up the propaganda against your country, but that's I guess quite the opposite to what you'd want?...

Hey, I know lots of Russians who, if asked about America, would go like, "burgers, bubble gum, gangsters"; no one says "you propagandist f***er" to them, though, and everyone's happy the way they are.

Originally Posted by Eric C.

The first word from your list wasn't even used by the author, but by a Russian herself.

Well, sure, it can be just a coincidence and that woman decided to talk about Stalin on her own and it wouldn't seem strange to a Westerner.
However it does look strange to a Russian, because frankly, I've never heard any Russian bringing up Stalin name in a casual discussion, unless answering a question specifically asked about Stalin. Perhaps that was one of such occasions and the question was omitted in the article as "not important"

And I don't think using Stalin, Chechnya and immigration in one article is merely a coincidence, and that's what Westerners want to hear about Russia, because it fits in the scope of public knowledge. The author just missing ballet and literature here, or maybe it was edited out

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Hey, I know lots of Russians who, if asked about America, would go like, "burgers, bubble gum, gangsters"; no one says "you propagandist f***er" to them, though, and everyone's happy the way they are.

Yes and I would be fine with that
I would be fine with Space station, Kremlin and Perestroyka, perhaps

How would you like if the US would be pictured as: Vietnam, Iraq and the Trail of Tears?

Originally Posted by hddscan

Using Stalin, Chechnya and immigration in one article shows that the author still looks on Russia through propaganda glasses, just a thought.
Nice pictures, though.

He wants (or was asked) to present it suitable for a certain kind of glasses, i.e. all those cliches and stereotypes.