Originally posted by: HearMeRoar
Bud, first of all, I was talking about Ashley Tisdale's post which said (Paraphrasing), *hey, it's only truth when we call these other people terrorists because Mughals and Brits did bad things in India.*
Once again, Paraphrasing! She didn't use the T word. Nor did she explicitly name Muslims and Christians.
But it ain't difficult to figure out the bigotry. If it looks like s***, smells like s***, it is probably s***.
Still, you quoted her and spoke very approvingly. I am assuming you agree with her opinion of Christians and Muslims. Pointing out the hypocrisy of someone with that opinion migrating from India and living among the same racists/terrorists.
Firstly, if you wanna mention my post, then tag me. I have no problems clarifying, but you have no right to twist my words.
Just so you know, I have Muslim, Christian, Parsi, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist friends. I have a lot of friends from the UK where I studied and it included Turks, Arabs, Nigerians, not just the locals. Many of my friends on the forum are Muslims. Go ahead and ask them about my "bigot" nature.
My favourite actor is a Pakistani. My favourite actress is German-Turkish.
So I have no problem with whatsoever religion.
This is what I said:
Aap independence ka chodho, our textbooks used to say we were uncivilised fools and the British and Mughals "saved" us. The looters were our supposed saviours. I am not against any religion here, but how can the bad guys be depicted otherwise?
If someone did something wrong, I will say it, be it a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Parsi...whomsoever.
Did the British not loot the country? Did invaders from Turkey, Mongolia not kill, rape and pillage this subcontinent? Yes they did. But does that mean I hold people today accountable? No.
One of my professors was a Turkish and he would openly talk about the good and the bad of what the kings from his land had done a.k.a the Ottomans. My British friends always condemned the actions of their forefathers.
If I was such a bigot, then would I watch and enjoy media from Pakistan, Turkey, America, Britain?
So I am not targeting any Muslim or Christian, nor will I ever do that. If I have spoken about historical events and they belong to a particular faith, I cannot do anything about it.
And if you wanna talk about Hindu extremists, then I was one of those who openly supported Padmaavat-Bhansali during Karni Sena's fiasco.
57