Originally posted by: TrollikaDevi
The thing with genocide is that it doesnt happen overnight. Its not a single event where people decide at 8 am okay lets kill members of X community by 10. It brews over a long period of time. Hate mongering and jingoism go on and on until one tiny thing becomes the last straw and violence erupts.
This.
Genocide doesn't happen all of a sudden. It takes years of hate-mongering and slow formenting of discontent until the right ingredients all come together. It's a slow process and we are right within in where it's become normalized to spew disgusting things on a normal basis. People like Kangana make it okay to make mainstream comments about becoming Nazis, foot soldiers like Arnab slowly brew an atmosphere where the majority is made to feel victimized and attacks on religions and entire groups of people are considered holy nationalism. Fake news is spread continuously to prime the public and brainwash them to push the into thinking a certain way. Look at how that fake Islam interview was spread about Aamir Khan or how a random architect was suddenly turned into an ISI agent. The propaganda is so finely done they actively hid Akshay Kumar hanging out with the same people that they blasted Muslim celebs and other liberals like Sonam Kapoor for.
In Rwanda, radio had a huge part to play in inciting violence between the Hutus and the Tutsis. What do you think TV channels are doing these days? Shouting, screaming, spreading fake news, inciting hate, encouraging self-victimization, demanding nationalism tests and so on. People like Kangana are great spokespersons to put a pretty face on hate.
Look at how it's normal now to say repulsive things that would not have been possible only 5 years ago. Any minor resistance is met with shouts of boycotts and threats to cut off people's livelihoods. They're made to shut up by harassment and being called terrorists, deshdrohis and antinationals.
Meanwhile the self-proclaimed moderates pretend they are in it just for the splendid governance. But they tacitly support all the hate-mongering and propaganda by turning a blind eye to it because it doesn't matter to them. After all, Hitler was a great administrator. We are moderates and we swear we are not hate-mongers but we're fine with hate-mongers being in charge. Because we don't give a sh!t about others as long as we're fine.
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