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I agree, but We need focus now on Hindu Terrorism. That's the major threat to the country and the world.
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#122Here's what happened: - Nupur Sharma, spokesperson of the governing party (BJP) mocks Prophet Mohammed on National TV saying that he had sex with a 9 year old. She then justifies it saying she was quoting the Hadith (Islamic religious texts). - ZooBear on Twitter brings attention to the issue, via his channel AltNews - India gets international condemnation, Gulf countries are pissed - India apologizes to various Gulf…
Holy cow. Thanks for the context.
> - Two people get murdered (one beheaded and the video streamed) for supporting Nupur Sharma on Social Media
JFC, humans suck.
Also interesting after looking into it is that ZooBear has tweet after tweet mocking Hinduism, yet takes extreme offense at someone mocking Islam and seems to consider it hate speech.
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#123While I have no sympathy for razorpay but I'd just like to point out that laws in India are much more heavy handed than a country like US. People are thrown in jail for social media posts and sometimes just for liking a social media post(1) Twitter has been having a very hard time operating in India too(2) and routinely censoring stuff so while IANAL just remember that things are very different in different parts of…
India is weird. It's not really called authoritarian (rankings don't classify it as such), but there are many similar stories of government dysfunction and overreach. Maybe someone else has a word for them?
https://www.ibtimes.com/hindu-nationalists-historical-links-...
Hindu Nationalist’s Historical Links to Nazism and Fascism
Sorry for the awful source, but the predecessors of the BJP were openly patterned after European fascist movements, there were contacts between them and a mutual affection. There's even a strain of European mystic Hindu Nazism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri_Devi
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem with this approach is that a vague "because terrorism" can justify a heavy handed approach to a very large set of policies which have nothing to do with terrorism. And "because terrorism", "because covid", "because child abuse" become convenient tools for the government to force this or that policy on its citizens. It is a lot easier to claim "because terrorism" than to argue a policy on merits and respon…
Well, unlike west in India the impact of the said terrorism are much more visible. In the 90s and 2000s, all the major cities were having routine attacks by the said terrorists, so you can see why it is easier to gain sympathy on anything that can be seen to act on it. It is quite a big issue in the country.
I am not saying that the terrorism (covid, child abuse, etc.) is not a big problem. It must be a big, highly visible problem to be used by politicians to justify their policies. But that justification is often lacking, as claiming that this is a fight against a highly visible, important problem suffices.
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neutrality in the face of bigotry seems like alignment, or at least it's a sign of a larger problem which you've very clearly laid out. I think it's time to consider Boycotting, divestment and sanctions of India since it's flat-spinning into the clutches of full-on fascism. Very sad.
And India will reciprocate by boycotting all those countries which try to do this. But you are starting a new type of apartheid.
india already does aparthied of it's minorities, dalits (lower castes). So why not?
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Corrupt is an appropriate word for this kind of behavior. The government does not officially condone the behavior, and it would probably function well if the policies were followed as written. But instead people get some power and abuse it. India is not unique, many countries struggle with corruption.
Many? Which countries do not suffer from corruption? This seems to be the human condition. As the old saying goes, “power corrupts…”. It’s not of question of “if” a country is corrupt, it is “how much”.
For example: have you personally ever had to bribe someone, thought about it, or even considered it a possibility?
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The Wire doesn’t need to cover them because mainstream media channels are already blasting them on primetime everyday. Amazing that in a country where there’s a Hindu in practically every single position of authority, Hindus still harbor such a deep seated victimization complex.
Not that amazing. In the US, see Christians, white people, and men.
And like every where, if something threatens the perceived superiority of a well established, powerful group that group will do everything to fight. Regardless of religion.
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem with this approach is that a vague "because terrorism" can justify a heavy handed approach to a very large set of policies which have nothing to do with terrorism. And "because terrorism", "because covid", "because child abuse" become convenient tools for the government to force this or that policy on its citizens. It is a lot easier to claim "because terrorism" than to argue a policy on merits and respon…
If terrorists attack Americans, they are called 'terrorists'. If terrorists attack Indians, they are called 'militants' or simply 'fighters'.
Most people outside of India would be completely ignorant as to terrorism in India, so I wouldn't give their opinion much weight. I was pretty shocked that it was apparently common to have metal detectors at movie theatres, for example, at least in some cities - there's no real awareness of that outside of India/Indian diaspora as far as I know.