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guy repetitively referring to russians as "orc"s (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Aatube@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world

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I'm new to moderating on Lemmy.World since I only have this account as a community I moderate is on .World. This user has persistently been using "orc" to refer to Russians and a user who defends Russian driving. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orc says it's an ethnic slur but https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1811354/i-will-not-call-russians-rushists-or-orcs-that-s-dehumanising-interview makes it out slightly more nuanced as a dehumanizing pejorative.

The comments' not receiving admin action has got me wondering. Is this time for some sort of ban? Does this violate the instance rules?

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It’s not a community rule, but I was under the impression that it fell under the instance discrimination rules.

Orc is anyone who fights on Russia's side in the Ukraine war and more broadly the people who support the war. It's usually not racist because it A) does not refer to every single person of Russian ethnicity and B) also includes people from other countries who went to fight for Russia voluntarily.

If it is a racist slur depends how it's used.