4 ms·
Calling Russians orcs makes me uncomfortable. That echos a world view that should be avoided to the greatest extend possible.
by glass3 4y ago
Calling Russians orcs makes me uncomfortable. That echos a world view that should be avoided to the greatest extend possible.
- midoridensha 4y agoI don't see the problem. They really are acting like orcs, maybe worse even.
- glass3 4y agoPlease try to figure out on your own why it is a dangerous idea. If I would try to argue my point, you would just argue me back. All I will tell you is that there were 4 upvotes for my comment so you can be confident that the idea is not entirely unreasonable.
- midoridensha 4y agoI see a bunch of evil people murdering, raping, and pillaging (all extremely well-documented). And you're defending them, complaining about other people comparing them with fictional villains. I don't see how calling war criminals names is somehow dangerous. Maybe they should try not raping and murdering civilians and invading a sovereign country.
- glass3 4y agoI am not defending them. I also don't mind calling them names in general. You don't have to figure it out right now.
- bdowling 4y agoIf you dehumanize an enemy, you can do anything to them without any moral consequences. Even genocide may be permissible if the enemy isn't human. It could even be virtuous.
- fractallyte 4y ago"When the concept of 'otherness' takes root, the unimaginable becomes possible." Slavenka Drakulić wrote that during the war in Croatia in the 1990s.