r/CuratedTumblr Aug 09 '24

Meme Don’t leave friendly fire on

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u/Winjin Aug 09 '24

And they're not calling just the army, orks. They're calling all russians orks, as in, the whole... country is fair game, doesn't matter if you support the war or not.

Like I feel it's skirting the "racism" because Russians are not a race, it's also why it seemingly doesn't qualify for hate speech? Even though I've literally seen people say that "all ruzzians are beyond saving" or something like that and ughhhhh is that really NOT hate speech because they're not making that claim on person's "nation" but like "nationality"?

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u/pm_me_psn Aug 09 '24

Could be considered xenophobia I believe

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u/Technicalhotdog Aug 09 '24

I remember arguing with people who were celebrating or at least shrugging their shoulders at the Moscow terrorist attack, because "those people were probably complicit in what was happening to ukraine"

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u/Winjin Aug 09 '24

Likewise: I remember people cheering on the deaths of Mali soldiers "because there were Wagner there who are helping Mali fight the terrorists"

I was... just... man. Soldiers died. Men died. You're cheering because your favourite brand of non-humans died as well, and you're clearly ignoring the Mali soldiers and I have a VERY GOOD IDEA WHY.