@William_The_Dragonborn@poa.st @branman65@poa.st @dickflatteningenthusiast@poa.st Russophilia is weird, but I think it's mostly a knee-jerk reaction to Ukraine supporters and obnoxious NAFO weirdos. A lot of people let their politics be dictated by doing the opposite of what their perceived enemies are doing. The rabid anti-Russian sentiment in Europe is kind of perplexing to a lot of Americans. If I had to guess, it exists because the European ruling class is anti-Russia, so they permit and/or encourage it. In both cases, foreign countries are allowed to serve as proxies for nationalist impulses that the natives are not permitted to express for their own people.