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  • I oppose dehumanization in all its forms, and despite being Ukrainian I have always been mindful of the humanity in this war.

    With that said, the overwhelming majority of the “orc” comments that I’ve seen are directed not towards Russian civilians, but towards Russian combatants. Indeed, on that note Russians have been calling Ukrainians much worse things from day 1 on Russian social media, so if anyone is being dehumanized (and this is coming someone who reads Russian better than Ukrainian) I’d say it’s more so Ukrainians by the Russian side, but I digress.

    Name calling aside, I think it’s incredibly dishonest to term the rooting and supporting for Ukraine as “jingoism” when that word describes what has been happening in Russian society for the past year far more appropriately. The American invasion of Iraq was bad and jingoist rhetoric was used to justify it, yes, but the exact same has been happening in Russia to a far more extreme degree during this war.

    How can you ignore that while denouncing mere name-calling on social media and passive support in the war from the side of the West?