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miroljubtoday at 10:17 AM1 replyview on HN

Yep.

When someone does that, he gets rightfully called out.

On the other side, accusations of being Russian trol are pretty common, even here on HN.

Why are people more sensitive to antisemitism than to antislavism?

Double standards, or just a hate induced by decades / centuries of indoctrination?


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mschuster91today at 12:14 PM

> Why are people more sensitive to antisemitism than to antislavism?

Calling someone a vatnik or Russian troll is mostly because the statement that provokes such a callout reproduces Russian propaganda talking points, and Russia has been running propaganda campaigns for well over a decade now. Similarly, ordinary Russians aren't called orcs, but Russian soldiers are called that because of their despicable behavior in the war theatre.

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