On Reddit, there are two ways to see Russian people: Brainwashed toddlers who have no idea what’s going on in Ukraine or hordes of viscous, evil orcs (the amount of Tolkien lingo I’ve seen to describe this conflict is disturbing. I don’t think he’d want anything to do with it.) that should be destroyed. On Twitter, it’s common to see Ukranian journalists, probably Nazi simps themselves, call for the average Russian civillian to be punished and equate their culture to some warlike barbarian tribe. And on Facebook, you can just say “Kill all Russians” and get away with it.
Like I always knew that the West was slowly sliding into fascism, but I did expect it to happen this quickly.
Libs 2002: “Yeah, LoTR is kinda racist, the bad guys are swarthy hordes from the East and all that, but the movies are cool anyway.”
Libs 2022: “KILL THE ASIATIC ORCS!!1”
Tolkien tried to reclaim nordic mythology from the nazis and instead nazis are claiming Tolkien.
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A Chinese writer’s perspective on this was that this wave of dehumanising was so fanatic and rabid because Russians were still somewhat ‘western and christian’. There are a sizable amount of the far right which sees Russia as the last bastion against Western ‘depravity’ (in this context they’d mean fighting against LGBT+ rights for example). As such the west desperately needed to paint them as impure barbarians with Mongolian genes fighting against the sacred ‘western civilisation’.
They also note that the same probably wouldn’t need be done against Chinese people (and Indian people for example as well) as their regular programming has already painted most of the non-angloid peoples as uncultured savages.
With many of the coddled westerners’ only contact with violence being through media such as Star Wars or LOTR with a clear ‘good vs evil’, it makes it easier for them to believe that they are morally just against those resisting their imperialist rule.
I love how libs go an use Star wars as an example of good vs evil, when its so fucking obvious on how the movies connect with reality: the empire is clearly an militaristic fascist state, that can be related with tons of fascists from real life (bri’ish empire, USA, nazi germany, emperial Japan, etc) and the rebels are clearly partisans and guerrila fighters fighting against the obviously fascist all by their own, and winning, with can be related to things on real life like the italian partisans, and the Vieht Kongs from the vietnan war.
The prequels are even more obvious: there is an corrupt and inneficient republic that works for imperialists and mega corporations, the first episode is an mega corporative monopoly doing an illegal invasion on a planet and almost getting away with it, the anti slavery laws are worthless outside the core (with is an literal emperial core lol) the jedis are pragmatistics, egotistical assholes who where so blinded by their arrogance they where not able to see an multigallactical war and an mass purge happening literally under their nose. The republic has no problem in using an literall slave army. And the CIS is really based if you cut off the greedy capitalists trying to make money out of the war and the sith manipulation, its mainly an revoluctionary army fighting for the independence of the planets outside of the core, that have been exploited and abused for literall centurys.
George Lucas is an very smart person, he knew very well what he was doing when he builded the lore, but neckbearded nerds that can only see big ecplosions on the screen are incapable of connecting the dots with the real life they live on.
Yep, if I recall correctly George Lucas modelled the Empire vs the Rebels after the US vs Vietnam during the Vietnam war.
Ya it’s a shitshow on r/russophobic
Westerners are taught to be racist, the target always changes, but westerners are taught to use it as a weapon when the need arises.
It has always been that way really, if you took time to read some of the comments on Reddit etc. Now it’s just openly promoted by MSM, etc. As a Russian it was already difficult reading subs like r/europe, r/worldnews and the like. Now I’m avoiding them completely.
Yeah I agree, the way redditors are rationalizing war crimes is really disturbing.
The west has viewed Russians that way since the founding of the USSR. It’s been non-stop atrocity propaganda since then. But just like how NATO didn’t dissolve after the USSR collapsed, the anti-Russian bigotry didn’t go away either.
Trump took 4 years to slowly shift the overton window right closer to fascism for republicans. Democrats went straight to “Nazism was good, actually” in a single week.
Complete with plenty of stories of people with Nazi grandparents coming out and being praised for their bravery.
Why is specifically anti-black racism supported; I’m against the concept of racism. It is an arbitrary concept that really only explains relations of health issues; and usually divides humans.
This situation is just depressing. I really think that my people are anti-racism (because of the U.S sending); but I am doubtful otherwise.
I have a question: In the U.S, I thought the right didn’t like anti-racism; why did they let the supreme court pass anti-racism laws then?
What anti-racism laws are you referring to? If you’re talking about the civil rights era, that’s because protesters would have started a revolution if their demands weren’t met. Anti-racism laws in the US were fought for, not given.
What anti-racism laws are you referring to? If you’re talking about the civil rights era
I am.
that’s because protesters would have started a revolution if their demands weren’t met. Anti-racism laws in the US were fought for, not given.
Oh. I haven’t really updated my knowledge, on the civil rights era, since middle school; so I have some skepticism on what really happened during that time.
