Tulsi Gabbard and the BJP

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Another ignorant, ethnocentric atlas thread about the BJP. Oh great.

So, the BJP had been in power for almost a year now. What exactly have they done that would set them apart from other right wing parties like the Republicans? They are different from European conservative parties but they have a fascist base just like the republicans do here in America. The question is do they allow those people to call the shots. Are they? Give me specific examples.

As for me, the BJP has disappointed me but that was to be expected. Can't really expect any political party in India to immediately implement the needed reforms. And they do cater to their idiot base by changing things in textbooks and other sh**t like that. I am not excusing that behavior but Republicans do sh**t like that all the time!!! Why hold the BJP to a different standard?

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Another ignorant, ethnocentric atlas thread about the BJP. Oh great.

So, the BJP had been in power for almost a year now. What exactly have they done that would set them apart from other right wing parties like the Republicans? They are different from European conservative parties but they have a fascist base just like the republicans do here in America. The question is do they allow those people to call the shots. Are they? Give me specific examples.

As for me, the BJP has disappointed me but that was to be expected. Can't really expect any political party in India to immediately implement the needed reforms. And they do cater to their idiot base by changing things in textbooks and other sh**t like that. I am not excusing that behavior but Republicans do sh**t like that all the time!!! Why hold the BJP to a different standard?

That a Democrat would endorse a right-wing party in another country is ridiculous.

Did she actually endorse the BJP? She was just against a patronizing, "white man's burden" type non-sensical legislation. Should the Indian parliament call on America to improve its racial situation?

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Another ignorant, ethnocentric atlas thread about the BJP. Oh great.

So, the BJP had been in power for almost a year now. What exactly have they done that would set them apart from other right wing parties like the Republicans? They are different from European conservative parties but they have a fascist base just like the republicans do here in America. The question is do they allow those people to call the shots. Are they? Give me specific examples.

As for me, the BJP has disappointed me but that was to be expected. Can't really expect any political party in India to immediately implement the needed reforms. And they do cater to their idiot base by changing things in textbooks and other sh**t like that. I am not excusing that behavior but Republicans do sh**t like that all the time!!! Why hold the BJP to a different standard?

That a Democrat would endorse a right-wing party in another country is ridiculous.

Did she actually endorse the BJP? She was just against a patronizing, "white man's burden" type non-sensical legislation. Should the Indian parliament call on America to improve its racial situation?

Look at the picture at the top of the thread.

Doesn't change the fact that the legislation was a horrible idea.

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I don't even know what the legislation was. I just see a Democrat wearing the logo of a right-wing party from a country where there's a perfectly respectable left-wing opposition. That makes her a HP.

A bill admonishing India for not doing enough to protect its religious minorities. They focus on Gujarat even though that happened 11 years before the piece of of legislation was proposed. That is a stupid thing for congress to do considering things like Ferguson, Eric garner and the general antics of police around this country. I applaud congresswoman Gabbard for standing up to this nonsense.

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Another ignorant, ethnocentric atlas thread about the BJP. Oh great.

So, the BJP had been in power for almost a year now. What exactly have they done that would set them apart from other right wing parties like the Republicans? They are different from European conservative parties but they have a fascist base just like the republicans do here in America. The question is do they allow those people to call the shots. Are they? Give me specific examples.

As for me, the BJP has disappointed me but that was to be expected. Can't really expect any political party in India to immediately implement the needed reforms. And they do cater to their idiot base by changing things in textbooks and other sh**t like that. I am not excusing that behavior but Republicans do sh**t like that all the time!!! Why hold the BJP to a different standard?

That a Democrat would endorse a right-wing party in another country is ridiculous.

Did she actually endorse the BJP? She was just against a patronizing, "white man's burden" type non-sensical legislation. Should the Indian parliament call on America to improve its racial situation?

Many of the cosponsors are black.

Lol so what?

If you think it is appropriate to meddle in the internal affairs of India, don't you think it would be fair for India to do the same? And I didnt even mention the temple shooting.... I think it's always good to keep in mind that everybody's sh**t stinks. It doesn't smell like roses.

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Sbane, cut the Third Worldist crap: we have the responsibility to decry human rights violations and the abuse of minority rights, even when these violations occur in the developing world. Whether Modi is directly or indirectly responsible for the communal riots is besides the point: India has a human rights problem. This really isn't disputable.

I, for one, welcome international meddling in American affairs. I want more nations to stake out a position against our carceral state and our nefarious imperialism.

No, it is not the responsibility of America to tell India how to run its country beyond a certain limit (genocide etc) and the reciprocal is true as well.

My point is that both America and India have its issues. Of course India has an issue with minority rights. Can you tell me one country that doesn't? My point in this thread isn't to minimize that, it is to support Congresswoman Gabbard for standing up against a patronizing piece of legislation. Scolding India for something that happened 14 years ago is just plain silly. It might have made some sense to speak up the moment it occurred, but more than a decade later? Also, it is ridiculous to blame all of India for something that Gujaratis did but that is a discussion for another day.

And the bottom line is that all the legislation would do is harm US-India relations without implementing any solution to solve an actual problem. It is just a worthless piece of legislation that would accomplish nothing, except souring relations.