Change the subject? I’m directly addressing the use of ‘orcs’ and whether it is, indeed an ethnic slur or not. So maybe the fact you need to misquote me to try and wiggle your point fits that accusation better instead, lol
Do you think you could visually distinguish a Russian from a Ukrainian?
I don’t know any Ukrainians who claim, as you say, that Russians are ‘lesser’ in an ethnic sense. It’s always out of contempt for their love of imperialism/subjugation/nationalism and never something ‘genetic’
Do you think you could visually distinguish a Russian from a Ukrainian?
Russians adversaries getting named Ivan (by US) or Russki (by Germans) could be a bit derogatory but would you really consider yourself racist for it? It’s more like Shelbyville thing
You might want to enlighten yourself by talking to some Ukrainians and Russians though.
They almost invariably see themselves as the same (ethnic) people
Removed by mod
Yeah you know about these Russians, right??
With their…
Blonde hairs and their… wide stance
?
Anybody?
Don’t forget the IRGC
Wowza. You seem to be carrying a lot of luggage into this.
Why do you think you need to make the jump from ‘racism’ to ‘othering’? Doesn’t that qualify as ‘moving the goalposts’?
Do you ever use ‘othering’ in your normal language?
Furhermore and back to the OT: where do you meet all those people who call Russians “orcs” anyway? For me that’s like something I noticed in Ukrainian propaganda back in '22-'23 but didn’t take off at all and since fizzled out.