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. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orc says it’s an ethnic slur but lrt.lt/…/i-will-not-call-russians-rushists-or-orc… 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?
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Russians are orcs though.
Aatube@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I do not find it comfortable to dehumanize such a large group of people, especially the ordinary citizens who may well be trapped under their regime.