So when Russians who support the invasion of Ukraine do something, you think that you should also do it? They didn’t invent it, it comes from Ukraine and bloodthirsty supporters of Ukr (not all supporters of Ukraine are bloodthirsty, but there is a vocal minority that is) and some Russians adopted it probably because they think it sounds hardcore. Just like every pejorative ends up being used as a term of self identification by members of the group targeted by the pejorative. Doesn’t make it less dehumanizing, doesn’t make it okay in fact its kind of worse to say it since it agrees with Russians supporting the invasion, dont you think?
They called themselves that.
So when Russians who support the invasion of Ukraine do something, you think that you should also do it? They didn’t invent it, it comes from Ukraine and bloodthirsty supporters of Ukr (not all supporters of Ukraine are bloodthirsty, but there is a vocal minority that is) and some Russians adopted it probably because they think it sounds hardcore. Just like every pejorative ends up being used as a term of self identification by members of the group targeted by the pejorative. Doesn’t make it less dehumanizing, doesn’t make it okay in fact its kind of worse to say it since it agrees with Russians supporting the invasion, dont you think?