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A huge part of the Anglophone Web, including much of the left, is currently casually referring to Russians as "orcs" and gleefully speculating about how many sunflowers will sprout from their corpses.

"Modern standards", ha! Hasn't changed a bit.

(and—sigh—no, I'm not pro-Russian when it comes to the invasion of Ukraine, or much else for that matter)

I find the "orcs" thing appalling. Especially since in my country, Argentina, the same word is casually used to describe poor people, implying they are a thieving, untrustworthy, dumb mob.

« Impure » does not refer to enemy blood but refer to the own blood of the French republican. (Versus the « pure » blood of the royalist)

They are the reflection of their times. Their are outdated now, and not taken literally, but they are a relic from the foundation of the Republic. As a pacifist I don’t think we should get rid of them. History is important.