Thread: "Russophobia" and "Russophilia" :)

I know, I have been away from MR for awhile... I have a lot to catch up on. I saw this thread and it caught my eye as I wanted to post something about what I saw on TV last night and Hanna actually commented about it at the start of the thread...

Originally Posted by Hanna

Although I remember in the 1990s bad guys/girls (gangsters) in Scandinavian films were always Russian. Or rather, people pretending to speak Russian.
It got really predictable; if a Russian person was in the plot, you knew that he was up to no good.

Last night, a new TV series started here in the U.S., The Last Ship. It wasn't all that great but I started it so I figured I would watch until it ended and at the very end of the episode they foreshadowed and then they showed the preview for next week... the bad guys who started the plague that has killed off 80% of the world's population within 4 weeks... who else... the Russians! Why please tell me is it always the Russians??? For once can't it be someone else?

Originally Posted by Hanna

As for the USA I think it is in self destruct mode...I'm referring to things like destruction of family values, rampant immoral values...

ORLY? Destruction of family values and rampant immoral values? Before I get my panties all bunched... please tell me, based upon what and who's values?

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Destruction of family values

I know it could sound very strange to Americans, but flourishing of homosexuality is the destruction of family values.