Aamir's Official Statement on TOI - Page 4

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Posted: 9 years ago
#31
When SRK said India is intolerant or rather world is getting intolerant, we all supported him because as a citizen of India he has freedom of speech. We all spoke against the loony RSS leader who said that SRK should move out of the country to Pakistan.
^That is because India is tolerant, Indians respect freedom of speech and SRK had full right to put forth his view.

Now coming to Aamir Khan. The reaction would have been similar had he just stuck to intolerance speech. But he went overboard and OTT and projected India as a nation like Syria. Did you guys even see how OTT he was in that interview?

All this causes unrest. This statement was all over media so naturally everyone saw it. Indian Muslims who were living peacefully until now suddenly thought, 'Oh my God, the country is so unsafe. I'll go out of the house any might get killed. Yikes I hate India. I hate NaMo. I hate BJP. I will stand by Aamir Khan.'

This is what happened in India ^

When Aamir Khan who comfortably resides in his luxurious mansion in Bandra says that he is unsafe in India then I wonder what the wives and kids of those Indian soldiers will say who daily have to fight the terrorists on border to keep people like Mr Khan safe in salary not even 1/100th of his?


If Aamir has freedom of speech then he has certain duties towards his nation also. One of them being do not cause unrest among the people for no reason. People in a democracy only remember the rights, no one remembers the duties.

#SuchSadStateOfAffairs
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: cougarTown

it saddens me that one cannot even express his views..and if he does..his posters and burned and what now. Thank you India for proving exactly what he was saying. How INTOLERANT..some one says a mere thing and we see his posters being burned. So India is only tolerant to those saying it is the best place ever? any one who raises his voice on any issue or highlighting any negative aspect..he should be kicked out? Wow


i am sorry but this nation is intolerant and 70% of population living there is the proof of it..until these people don't stop with the threats and burning of posters of anyone who even raises a voice on any issue..i see no hope

the recent episode of fawad and mahira not being allowed to shoot in mumbai again only emphasises how intolerant is India. Shame!!

P.S: yes pakistan is worse..and yes i admit it being a pakistani..i don't want to be deluded..but just because India is better there..it still is intolerant..and the first step in changing it would be when people realize that and change themselves


@bold - Wow Awesome.

Do you know actual number of people included in that 70%? Just asking.


@green - that happens with everyone. Every fre*k*n one. Even Anushka's effigies were burned. In past Saurav Ganguli's have been burned. India wasn't called intolerant then. Just criticism for few crazy radical people. Now.. 70% India becomes intolerant.

Way to generalize 91 crore (70% Indians) citizens of a country. 👍🏼 91 crore came out and burned effigies. 😆😆
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: NimbuMirchi


@bold - Wow Awesome.

Do you know actual number of people included in that 70%? Just asking.


@green - that happens with everyone. Every fre*k*n one. Even Anushka's effigies were burned. In past Saurav Ganguli's have been burned. India wasn't called intolerant then. Just criticism for few crazy radical people. Now.. 70% India becomes intolerant.

Way to generalize 91 crore (70% Indians) citizens of a country. 👍🏼 91 crore came out and burned effigies. 😆😆


70% Indians are intolerant that's why fawad kinda are still working in India , that's why PK kind of movies even after insulting a religion earn 300 cr, after every terrorist attack we only stop playing cricket do nothing like France and USA ...its india's Intolerance 😆
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Posted: 9 years ago
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I really dunno HOW can anyone support Aamir. He generalized so much. It's shameful.
Like Salman said: "My Mother is Susheela Charak and my father is Salim Khan. I am Salman Khan and she is Sonam Kapoor. Hum sab yahaan ek saath baithey hain, koi farq padta hai kya?" He should understand this that India is very tolerant compared to other countries, we have so many religions co-existing.


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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: .Golu.


If Aamir has freedom of speech then he has certain duties towards his nation also. One of them being do not cause unrest among the people for no reason. People in a democracy only remember the rights, no one remembers the duties.

#SuchSadStateOfAffairs

Exactly.

He can criticize but He should watch his words.

Living in secure house with tons of security guards when they step out, and he says his wife is scared. Are you listening to yourself Mr. Khan.

And suddenly just cause his wife feels scared, India becomes intolerant. 🤔

He is a public figure and is he enjoys perks of being one, there comes the responsibility too.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: BeingAnonymous

Media is problem not nation , we sensationalise 1-2 stray incidents and keep exaggerrating , which gives license for entire world to point fingers at us , Noone is calling the actual intolerant countries intolerant rather they are making India look worse , A few ppl hungry for publicity from when did they start defining a nation ?

Post Dadri , there was this beautiful picture of muslims offering Namaz in Ganesh pandal in bangalore now how many newspaper did bother covering it ?



Where did I say that the entire nation is intolerant ? 😕 Please show me. In fact, I have always said that normal people don't care about this nonsense. They directly or indirectly celebrate many festivals irrespective of the religion. They appreciate and love khans the most. One of the biggest software giants is a Muslim as well. There's hardly any discrimination when it come to aam janta. But these negative full of hatred statements by these extremists are tiring and exhausting. Say a thing against the country and these fools are like, 'Leave our country , you are a terrorist etc etc ' Once or twice, I'll try and ignore but not always. They need to shut the eff up. Students strike pe baithe, toh who anti national, kisi ne kuch kaha toh who anti national. So are we not even allowed to ask them to shut up? If we all can bash A amir for that running away comment, then I can definitely bash these idiots for their regular useless comments which are a headache. Media hypes everything. When Modi came into power, then he is the change we all needed and he is our messiah. When Modi lost elections, he is a zero and lost all his aura and is in deep trouble. When Kejriwal won the elections, he became the nayak, a wonderboy and after that he is a useless politician. If yesterday it's all about Modi's silence over dadri today it's how Modi -the great conquered UK. It hypes anything that gives them TRP. I lost hope over them a long time back. People love the media hype and diss it depending upon their convincience and biases.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: NimbuMirchi

Exactly.

He can criticize but He should watch his words.

Living in secure house with tons of security guards when they step out, and he says his wife is scared. Are you listening to yourself Mr. Khan.

And suddenly just cause his wife feels scared, India becomes intolerant. 🤔

He is a public figure and is he enjoys perks of being one, there comes the responsibility too.


People have some really different notions etched in their brains about democracy 😆

According to them it is their right to give gaalis openly and degrade their country, keep asking for reservations , keep spewing venom about the leaders and the people in majority/minority, keep doing any freaking thing because YEAH WE ARE THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY and democracy means only enjoying your right of Freedom of Expression🤪

Do they forget that to enjoy those rights you have to perform certain duties also? Keep the dignity of your country intact and stop exaggerating topics like these all the time. On one hand you promote tourism and ask people of India to paint a brighter picture of the country, on the other hand you project your country like it's Syria👏

If he cannot perform his duties the he has NO RIGHT to enjoy the rights also.

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Posted: 9 years ago
#38
the reaction on his comment only proves his point 😆
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Posted: 9 years ago
#39

Originally posted by: hermione82



There's civilized way of stating "I DONT AGREE WITH YOU"
When a party or multiple parties stand against a person's opinion by agitating hundred other people then that's called BULLYING
Shouldn't happen in a democratic country like India




I agree, but then there is a balanced way to discuss sensitive matters like religious intolerance as well.

I hold Aamir equally responsible for giving fodder to saffron loonies.

He defends one religion and says we cannot generalise. But then he generalises country?
Even when questioned on difference in response to various incidents he casually said reactions are natural and cannot be calibrated. What was he trying to imply? He did not even try:to be diplomatic here.

This proves double standards.

Aamir Khan has been party to:encouraging saffron loonies and proving them right. His statement and even current response only adds to increased:polarisation which we are witnessing in India and globally now.

Naseeruddin Shah has rightfully criticised him and asked not to add to persecution complex among Muslims.

Protesting intolerance is right but words have to be chosen carefully.

By crying "bullying" now you people are also driving the victimhood wars further.

I don't say protestors are right but loudmouth loosely worded attention seeking words of likes of Aamir Khan are not right either. When he says he has been proven right it shows it was an expected publicity stunt which unfolded as he wanted.

Don't think he or others don't know how such words are going to be received. He has clashed with same party earlier and milked the controversy to project himself as icon of democracy.

To me both Aamir and others are drama queens.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wohoo are we talking abt freedom of speech?
Seriously I live in India & I never felt tht I m being stopped from speaking my mind..

You knw wht is funny? Ppl commenting here r
&saying India is intolerant are not evn from India

Who stops ppl from expressing their views but the so called intelligent ppl here tell me a person who has all the security at his mercy, who is considered superstar how tht prsn is unsafe?
India is not perfect. V do have issues but intolerate thts far from true..

How can somebody generalise the condition of 70% population in India whn u ppl don't evn live here

Can I ask how many temples r there in Pakistan? Or is there evn one.
Here u will find temples, mosques, Church, gurdwara all..
Now being unsafe, yes being a gal I do feel rape cases r something to be scared of but can I show u the rape scenario & how high it is in all ur prestigious country. There r issues but it's going too far

Express ur view but in a dignified manner. Here other country ppl r pointing at my country just shows how badly aamir Khan has portrayed the image of India. Now being a patriotic won't Indians feel angry at aamir
I knw v might not be most tolerant but v r not evn intolerate & the way Srk expressed his view on this issue was much better thn Aamir..
In my frnd circle, there r ppl of all religions but b4 anything v r Indians..

Aamir being a celeb where he is tourism ambassador, in short welcoming ppl to visit India & on other hand saying come & die coz it's unsafe is just hypocrisy at its best..
He in civilized manner can directly write his concern to authorities instead of making India sound like hell whn most other countries condition is worst thn India. It's like ridiculing ur mother & giving reasons to others to ridicule it too..

If he wants rights, he needs to understand his responsibilities..
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