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A huge part of the Anglophone Web, including much of the left, is currently casually referring to Russians as "orcs" and gleefully speculating about how many su
by corrral 4y ago
A huge part of the Anglophone Web, including much of the left, is currently casually referring to Russians as "orcs" and gleefully speculating about how many sunflowers will sprout from their corpses.
"Modern standards", ha! Hasn't changed a bit.
(and—sigh—no, I'm not pro-Russian when it comes to the invasion of Ukraine, or much else for that matter)
- the_af 4y agoI find the "orcs" thing appalling. Especially since in my country, Argentina, the same word is casually used to describe poor people, implying they are a thieving, untrustworthy, dumb mob.