• index@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Hostility toward someone nationality is racism to me. If it’s not it sill equally bad.

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      1 month ago

      That’s not how words work. Ordinary Russians don’t deserve blanket animosity or praise, yes. However, one can claim disliking Russians wholesale is bigotry, not racism. Words have definitions even if you pretend they don’t so you can virtue signal on the internet.