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. Godhra is an example. Can any one of us say all that was done to Muslims in Gujarat was the direct result of that single event of setting that train on fire
Let me stop you here. How did that single event happen?
Was it a single event where people decided at 8 am okay lets kill members of X community by 10.?
Or should I apply the rest of your words?
“ .. 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..”
I felt, India has moved on from this tragedy. But Delhi riots and Bangalore riots show provocations continue to test the peace.
Bangalore riots was for a trivial reason. Someone with a Muslim name (It is online. Anyone can do in a virtual media) puts up an image on Facebook offending Hindu God on a Hindu festival. A teenage boy retaliates with a reply to it with an offensive image of Prophet. Then original post is cleverly removed. Only the cropped part of reply is saved. People go demanding the teen age boy’s arrest, as he happens to be a relative of MLA. They set fire to police vehicles, start rioting, people get killed.
Recent version in riots is to attach a peaceful side. Make a human chain, give some speech on how peaceful they are and upload it. (Funny thing is, even before the guy finishes his speech, we can hear the voice, “upload karo, jaldi”)
I know this is nothing about Kangana and this thread was better at debate mansion. But when a post accuses a community, people are bound to reply.
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