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Ukrainian Orgy, Nuclear Threats, and Russia’s Satanic Enemy
Ukrainian Orgy, Nuclear Threats, and Russia’s Satanic Enemy
IS THE IDEA OF A UKRAINIAN ORGY REALLY THAT MORBID?
In October 2022, news outlets reported that more than fifteen thousand Ukrainians were organizing a mass orgy in the event that Putin launched a nuclear attack on the war-torn nation. Those potentially participating were asked to decorate their hands with stripes to denote their sexual preference. For example, four stripes meant oral sex and three meant anal sex.22 The reaction of the Ukrainians who signed up to join the orgy is noteworthy: “It’s the opposite of despair. Even in the worst-case scenario, people will look for something good. That’s the mega-optimism of Ukrainians.” In the interim, other groups have organized similar events, such as an orgy on Derybasivska Street in Odessa.23
The notion of a collective orgy is a life-affirming project in a time of extreme despair. There is no need for a “deeper” pseudo-Freudian analysis of the disintegration of civilized social links during traumatic times. Once again, I was ashamed of my own nation after I read Slovenia’s representative of scientific research, Dr. Matjaž Gams, commenting on Ukraine’s alleged reaction to Putin’s nuclear threat as “strange and morbid.” Gams argued that when a civilization enters a period of decay, “strange, morbid ideas” appear, like the idea of the mega-orgy promoted by some Ukrainians.24 So the “strange, morbid” thing is a big orgy (strictly based on consent, etc.) as a reaction to the indiscriminate Russian destruction of civil infrastructure, and not the destruction itself?
On October 18, 2022, Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary, said that the territories of Ukraine adopted by Russia “are inalienable parts of the Russian Federation,” and therefore were protected. “Their security is provided for at the same level as the rest of Russia’s territory.”25 This claim implies that since Ukraine controls parts of the territories under a nuclear umbrella, it deserves a nuclear attack. No wonder thousands of people on online betting sites are betting that Russia will carry out a nuclear attack this year.26 What gives additional credibility to this threat is that Russia ordered the city of Kherson (almost entirely encircled by Ukrainian forces) to leave so that it could be hit by a nuclear bomb if Ukraine takes it.
Everything seems permitted in the struggle against those called “Satanists” by Putin—the term, used regularly in Russian media, has to be taken seriously. Aleksey Pavlov, assistant secretary of the security council of the Russian Federation (later fired from this post), was calling for the “desatanization” of Ukraine, saying that there were “hundreds of sects” in the country where Orthodox values have been abandoned. “I believe that, with the continuation of the special military operation, it becomes more and more urgent to carry out the desatanization of Ukraine. Using internet manipulation and psycho-technologies, the new regime turned Ukraine from a sovereign state to a totalitarian hypersect.”27 Putin echoed the same stance: “This is a complete denial of humanity, the overthrow of faith and traditional values. Indeed, the suppression of freedom itself has taken on the features of a religion: outright Satanism.” No wonder Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called Putin “a fighter against the Antichrist” and “chief exorcist.”28 And no wonder, on the same day, Russian lawmakers agreed to toughen the country’s discriminatory law against so-called same-sex “propaganda.” Russia moved closer to banning all Russians from promoting or “praising” homosexual relationships or publicly suggesting that they are “normal.”29 Some people ask how Russia, still a “normal” state, can ally itself with the “fundamentalist” Iran, but we can see now that, if anything, Russia is more fundamentalist than Iran.
练习题
According to the section, what event were more than fifteen thousand Ukrainians reportedly organizing in October 2022 in response to the possibility of a Russian nuclear attack?
In the reported Ukrainian orgy plan, what did the hand stripes indicate?
Which statements accurately describe how the section presents reactions to the Ukrainian orgy idea?
The section says Dmitry Peskov described Russia’s adopted Ukrainian territories as inalienable parts of the Russian Federation protected at the same level as the rest of Russia.
Why does the author say Russia’s order to evacuate Kherson gave additional credibility to the nuclear threat?
Which claims or descriptions in the section are connected to Russian religious or moralized rhetoric about Ukraine and the West?
The section presents Russia’s same-sex “propaganda” law as being loosened to allow public praise of homosexual relationships.
Aleksey Pavlov claimed that Ukraine had been turned from a sovereign state into a totalitarian ___.
Explain how the section contrasts Ukrainian “mega-optimism” with Russian nuclear threats.
How does this section’s discussion of Russia’s “Satanism” rhetoric connect with the prior idea that reducing Ukraine’s struggle to a Europe-versus-Russia conflict can aid Russian propaganda?
Which interpretation best integrates the author’s view of the Ukrainian mass orgy with the earlier claim that criticism of Ukraine should not weaken commitment to Ukrainian freedom?
Which statements correctly connect the current section’s discussion of Russian rhetoric with prior points about framing Ukraine’s struggle?
The author’s condemnation of calls for atrocities against captured soldiers is consistent with the current section’s criticism of Russian rhetoric that labels enemies as “Satanists,” because both reject language or reasoning that makes extreme violence seem permissible.
In contrast to Russian rhetoric portraying Ukraine as a “totalitarian hypersect” needing “desatanization,” the earlier argument says the defense of Ukraine should be framed in ___ terms.
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