A 'Christian' family moved to Russia to escape 'LGBTQ, trans,' but now they're 'ready' to 'get out'
A 'Christian' family moved to Russia to escape 'LGBTQ, trans,' but now they're 'ready' to 'get out'
The patriarch of a right-wing Canadian family of 11 had had just about enough of gay people in his country. “We didn't feel safe for our children there in the future anymore,” father Arend Feenstra told Russian media. “There's a lot of left-wing...
So Arend (and wife Anneesa) sold everything they had to move to sunny Russia and raise eight of their nine kids with “orthodox” values.
Jesus, imagine being the kid that got away.
Yeah, I wondered about the ninth kid and how (s)he's doing.
Must be college age and in school.
Imagine being so afraid of people who have slightly different beliefs from you that you think moving to a dictatorship is a good idea.
Last I heard a lot of right wingers are perfectly okay to turn USA in a dictatorship as long as Trump would be the dictator. You can already hear the "but I thought he was going to protect us, not (many things possible here) "
My idiot barber because he read in some newspaper rag that "kids won't be able to call their parents mom/dad" (my guess is that schools won't use the the terms mom/dad in their correspondence to be more inclusive).
I wished him good luck and I hope he really likes AKs as he's sent straight to the front as cannon fodder for little dear Putin.
He was obviously not entirely serious but was certainly swallowing some bullshit provoked outrage.
From my time lurking in r/AskARussian I remember quite a lot of these types, convinced that Russia was a paradise of freedom and conservatism, and that moving there would be a piece of cake. What's horrible about this couple is that they've quite possibly fucked up their children's lives, especially once they get to military age.
Nah, stay there. In fact, take the rest of the christfacists with you.
Why? The church's influence and power has already increased far too much since Gorbachev illegally dissolutioned the USSR.
If anything, they should take the rest of the chrisfascists out of Russia with them. That'd be great.
To be happy at other people's misfortune is not ok.
That being said, hah! Dumbasses!To be happy at other people's misfortune is not ok.
I honestly don't think this applies here. This is a direct result of their own actions. No one forced them.
To me this is a case of: You reap what you sow.
True, I'd never laugh at some that got done in by life - but they made their own bed doing something obviously stupid, so I have no qualms laughing
This a clear case of leopards eating faces. Feel free to laugh all you want at their misfortune.
It’d be a shame if someone deepfaked a video using their voice and facial data into a glowing testimonial of how great Russia is, with detailed steps about how other dutiful, god-fearing conservatives can get in on and take full advantage of the amazing opportunity for financial independence that awaits them in glorious Russia.
Russia, if you're listening, this might be a good plan to get more fodder for the front lines in your "special military operation" in Ukraine. They think they're good fighters too. Win bigly.
Putin isn't going to let any potential meat for his grinder out. Better hope he loses faster.
Else, you're fucked fash, & I love that for you.
Lives in the US: this place sucks, we want it to be more like Russia.
Moves to Russia: this place sucks, it’s exactly what we wanted, but we aren’t in charge.
Moves back to US: let’s make this place more like Russia except people like us are in charge.
The family is Canadian
The same refrain works well in all western countries: conservatives get mad if you take their power to control others away, so they look to fascism.
man, this is such a shitshow, I'm almost tempted to subscribe to their channel.
Almost.
I mean, if they're in Russia and speaking out about being unhappy to be there, how long before something really interesting happens on their channel? I would expect one of three things: they walk back their statement and say that they're actually happy there, a worldstar shitshow video goes up, or silence. It kinda makes sense to pay attention to this to see what Russia's response is.
If you read the article, you would have seen that this has already been explained.
The husband has made a video apologizing, and the video of his wife complaining has been deleted. It sounds like they have nothing, are totally broke, and the government is upset at them. They're super fucked.
First, according to the family, the Russian bank where they moved the proceeds from selling their farm and belongings? It immediately froze their assets.
The parents (but not the kids) deserve it. They’re also doing a great job of showing their kids what extremist ideology gets you.
I thought I was in NotTheOnion.
I thought I was in TheOnion
Is this Worldnews worthy?