Really, so the russians are referring to Ukrainians as some dehumanising term as orc?

Yes? they refer to them in ways that says there people, culture and history don't even exist.

Thats way more dehumanising than referring them as monsters because they continually act like monsters.

Sorry, they say they don't exist as human beings? that would be the dehumanising equivalent.

Nations, culture, history etc are ideas and perceptions that it's clear we don't all agree on.

> Sorry, they say they don't exist as human beings? that would be the dehumanising equivalent.

No it wouldn't, no one said the Russians don't exist.

> Nations, culture, history etc are ideas and perceptions that it's clear we don't all agree on.

Yeah and it's way more dehumanising to say they don't exist then to call someone a monster for being a monster.

Do you think the Russian army should be invading Ukraine?.

The topic is entirely moot.

What is "dehumanizing" is the unprovoked war of racist, colonial aggression, enacted by the Russian Federation upon Ukraine - and conducted from the start with a policy of terror, directed at civilians. If you care at all about the subject, that is what you should be focusing on.

If a bunch of assholes came into your neighborhood, started raping people and shooting randomly at whoever was walking on the street - you wouldn't have the kindest words for them either.