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		gruez on March 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls ... Actually it's not hate speech because "hate speech" is actually "hate or encourages violence towards a person or group" + power/oppression. Because Russians are the oppressors in this case, such speech against them can't be considered hate speech. /s

t0bia_s on March 11, 2022 [–]

Those trends could make social justice warriors quite schizophrenic. One year against hate, another fully approve, because...

It's like that stupid joke... "I hate racism and Russians (or whatever)."

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