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Didn't expect to see whataboutism and Islamophobia on this site but I guess I should have low expectations from those supporting Modi and his fascist regime.
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Without knowing much of how Indian law is spelled out, this would be very clearly permitted language in every other liberal democracy. The narrow exceptions for "fighting words" need to be very explicit physical threats. Insults, even lies, are well within the realm of protected speech. Protection against causing offense is exactly what free speech rules are written for. Americans say absolutely awful things about ou…
“every other liberal democracy” In every liberal democracy. India is not one of those. They have elections, but those are necessary, not sufficient conditions for a meaningful state of democracy to exist.
Sure, it's been mired in the "flawed democracy" category for a long time. I'm explicitly not commenting on the actual legal justification of this action because I don't know anything about how their law is written. I think the point of this article is very much to grade India on an absolute international scale of behavior. They fancy themselves as the "world's largest democracy" and things like this put a huge asterisk on their use of that kind of title. Permitting dissent would be a big signal that they're still committed to being a part of the liberal order, but they went the other direction. Same with their tepid reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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I remember stories of people beaten up for not standing for the anthem in the cinema, one of them was disabled wheelchair user. So I guess it is like that for a while especially after the Hindutvas got into power.
Oh yeah, freedom of speech flourished under Congress rule /s Who was the only prime minister to invoke emergency?
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#54"In the capital, Delhi, bulldozers have demolished the homes of Muslims accused of rioting." Illegal housing was demolished without taking any religion into consideration.
Discriminatory uses of impartial law is totally a thing, though. Now, then and (likely) forever.
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#55I admit I'm not super familiar with India's freedom of speech, is this a backslide or has it always been like this?
I remember stories of people beaten up for not standing for the anthem in the cinema, one of them was disabled wheelchair user. So I guess it is like that for a while especially after the Hindutvas got into power.
That case seems more like defacto censorship vs dejure censorship. Both terrible but this article (and my question) focuses more on dejure censorship
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How is that relevant to the topic at hand?
Please don't resort to whataboutery and lower the standard of discussion.
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UK is half way to Sharia?! It's not true, but even it is, why has that got to do with the criticism? There are continuous calls in India for genocide of Muslims, publicly. Past two weeks, religious processions have been undertaken by Hindu extremist orgs in front of mosques with swords and Guns, mocking Muslims. And PM of the Nation has been silent, with no calls whatsoever for peace. It's not 'funny' to criticize PM…
If you have not noticed there was rioting in Sweden, attacks on Easter parade in Spain, and multiple counts of riots and attacks on Hindu processions in India.
Perhaps it is a correlation between hunger and anger, or perhaps the more regular congregation is convenient opportunity for riots.
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> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
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#59Boris Johnson arrived in India. Rabble-rousers know that the world's media attention will follow; and they use this opportunity to garner some of the spotlight. It's just a shameless ploy to get their names out. Such is democracy, I guess. And the Guardian doesn't help by adding flame bait such as this: "In the capital, Delhi, bulldozers have demolished the homes of Muslims accused of rioting." Illegal construction,…
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> Illegal construction, encroachment on public land will sometimes get this response. Illegal construction is rampant in india. Please contextualize the act of bulldozing with the riots that happened. Let's not be blind to the clear use of power and authority to specifically root out people of a certain cast. The level of politics being played out in India is nearing to the intellect of a badly scripted bollywood mov…
And bulldozing happens in non Muslim areas as well. Sometimes even middle class homes illegally built. Just as cities in the US clear homeless encampments.
Sure, again, context matters. A lot of Delhi, and probably a lot more of Mumbai is just illegal construction, if you were to apply the law squarely, a large part of the cities would be rubble.
You're (perhaps rather knowingly) ignoring the nuance here.