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India uses widespread internet blackouts to mask domestic turmoil

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Re: India uses widespread internet blackouts to mask domestic turmoil

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Post by 6stringronin »

ta_vf7xjd34cc wrote: post #7

> a blackout in March, affecting 27 million people, was enforced in Punjab state during efforts to catch fugitives. Has an AAP government. > In February, the internet was blocked in 11 cities in Rajasthan state to prevent cheating during exams. Has a Congress government. > While local governments ruled by opposition parties in India also frequently block the internet, the Manipur example highlights a wider pattern in…

You found a small example to counter the many many examples perpetuated by BJP Hindu nationalists. Which accomplishes nothing but covering for the atrocities committed in the name of ethnic nationalism. How long and how hard was it to find that? Must have taken some effort, your mental gymnastics are Olympic level.

Re: India uses widespread internet blackouts to mask domestic turmoil

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Post by ta_vf7xjd34cc »

6stringronin wrote: post #11
ta_vf7xjd34cc wrote: post #7

> a blackout in March, affecting 27 million people, was enforced in Punjab state during efforts to catch fugitives. Has an AAP government. > In February, the internet was blocked in 11 cities in Rajasthan state to prevent cheating during exams. Has a Congress government. > While local governments ruled by opposition parties in India also frequently block the internet, the Manipur example highlights a wider pattern in…

You found a small example to counter the many many examples perpetuated by BJP Hindu nationalists. Which accomplishes nothing but covering for the atrocities committed in the name of ethnic nationalism. How long and how hard was it to find that? Must have taken some effort, your mental gymnastics are Olympic level.

> You found a small example

What are you talking about?

> atrocities committed in the name of ethnic nationalism

If you are referring to the Hindus, they are not a single ethnicity.

Re: India uses widespread internet blackouts to mask domestic turmoil

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

0x6461188A wrote: post #9
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the population are NOT happy. their concerns are not listened and acted upon. tyranny is the name of the game. people have just one demand. secession. that is a culmination of over 500 years of struggle. the point is, people do not want to remain in the union so the government is using every trick in the book to force people to remain in place. from mass rapes to torture to collective punishment, we people have basic…

Why is the protester in the picture wearing a US flag on his face?

nothing of significance. we just use whatever is on hand

Re: India uses widespread internet blackouts to mask domestic turmoil

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

ta_vf7xjd34cc wrote: post #10
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the population are NOT happy. their concerns are not listened and acted upon. tyranny is the name of the game. people have just one demand. secession. that is a culmination of over 500 years of struggle. the point is, people do not want to remain in the union so the government is using every trick in the book to force people to remain in place. from mass rapes to torture to collective punishment, we people have basic…

> that is a culmination of over 500 years of struggle. Against whom? The Afghans? The Mughals? The Sikh Empire? The British? Republic of India? > people have just one demand. secession. This is never going to happen: 'The Partition and the violence of 1947 in Kashmir forced the Constituent Assembly to revise its approach and it resolved in favour of a strong Centre. The possibility of the secession of States from the…

big words but don't mean much. if your government can violate 35a, 370, that means nothing is sacrosanct in indian constitution.

Re: India uses widespread internet blackouts to mask domestic turmoil

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

ta_vf7xjd34cc wrote: post #10
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the population are NOT happy. their concerns are not listened and acted upon. tyranny is the name of the game. people have just one demand. secession. that is a culmination of over 500 years of struggle. the point is, people do not want to remain in the union so the government is using every trick in the book to force people to remain in place. from mass rapes to torture to collective punishment, we people have basic…

> that is a culmination of over 500 years of struggle. Against whom? The Afghans? The Mughals? The Sikh Empire? The British? Republic of India? > people have just one demand. secession. This is never going to happen: 'The Partition and the violence of 1947 in Kashmir forced the Constituent Assembly to revise its approach and it resolved in favour of a strong Centre. The possibility of the secession of States from the…

yes.

>Against whom? The Afghans? The Mughals? The Sikh Empire? The British? Republic of India?

yes. countless aggressors have tried to exert their control over this piece of land and people and every time they have perished and the people have survived to fight.

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