• @Maggoty
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      154 minutes ago

      Because the orcs in LOTR destroy everything. Like the Russians.

    • @[email protected]
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      88 hours ago

      Not sure that’s the reason but there is a Russian version of lord of the rings where sauron is the good guy fighting for the rights and freedoms of the working class orcs against the fashist rule if the elves and Gandalf.

      There is also a light novel about Putin (or maybe Stalin?) being teleported to middle earth with a few guns/tanks and helps sauron win.

      So yeah Russian propaganda sympathises with orcs

      • lad
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        21 hour ago

        I think it’s not the reason and propaganda sympathising is just them trying to remove negative connotations

    • @Valmond
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      1111 hours ago

      Because the russians behave like orcs.

      • @lath
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        1811 hours ago

        That’s discriminatory against orcs.

        • @Valmond
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          610 hours ago

          Yeah, orks know how to fight.

        • @Maggoty
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          153 minutes ago

          The ethnic group here being… (checks notes), invading soldiers who commit war crimes daily.

          Yeah, I have no sympathy.

        • @Valmond
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          010 hours ago

          That’s the result of having an outdoor toilet.