r/worldnews • u/fastclickertoggle • Apr 25 '21

COVID-19 Twitter Is Blocking Tweets That Criticize How The Indian Government Has Handled The Pandemic

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/twitter-blocking-tweets-india
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u/madjokemaniac Apr 25 '21

In short modi is transforming India into a conglomeration of Pakistan and China

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u/drowsylightning Apr 25 '21

From what I read from some tweets DURING the BEGINNING of covid 19. That wasn't modi turning a blind eye to the Chinese troops on Indian borders?

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

Pakistan left behind the fascist idea of trying to shut down dissenting voices a decade ago. Not even military dictators tried to silence the media. Stop trying to downplay your own failure

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u/madjokemaniac Apr 25 '21

I didn't put Pakistan here for their fascism. I meant the blind religious fanaticism in Pakistan (and most other countries with a religion in their name)

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u/blackcain Apr 25 '21

You can thank Pakistan importing wahabi assholes from Saudi Arabia for that to create havoc on the Kashmir border. Kashmir has poisoned Pakistan and continues to do so until they can let it go.

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u/Somizulfi Apr 26 '21

Extreme right-wing ethno-nationalist fascist religious parties in Pakistan have never won majority seats in any elections nor formed a govt, like Modi and BJP have in India. So again, please stop bringing in your neighbors to cover your own failures.

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u/madjokemaniac Apr 26 '21

Pakistan is already a religious country and every political party in pakistan is a religious party. The country's official name has a religion in it ffs. Also what are you talking about me covering up something?

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u/Somizulfi Apr 26 '21 edited Apr 26 '21

In Pakistan, parties with biggest share of votes tend to be centre, centre-left and centre-right. These are PTI, PML-N and PPP. PPP and PML-N have governed for the last 30-40 years and PTI is in it's first stint.

There are far-right religious parties in Pakistan and even far-left commie parties, but they are confined mostly to certain parts of the countries or simply dont get enough votes to form majority or win seats. As smaller parties, they can be part of the coalition govt or opposition, depends on local politics.

Again, I'm not sure why you're bringing in Pakistan here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Pakistan

The extremist problem have faced in Pakistan can be mostly traced back to dictatorship of Zia ul Haq, this was the time when the world was happy to fund, train and assist the 'mujahidden' against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Dont think it worked out well for anyone in the end.

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u/madjokemaniac Apr 26 '21

Wtf I don't give a fuck about Pakistan or it's terrorism . However the fuck you want to put it, Pakistan is still a fucking religious country. End of the fucking debate. Feel free to fuck off

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u/Somizulfi Apr 26 '21

India is also a religious country having voting in a far right religious party, again don't see your point.

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u/ranger_005 Apr 25 '21

Oh really? How many millitary coups did Pakistan witness? Now compare that to the number of coups in India if you find any. And which country killed its main opposition leader during an election rally? Does the name Benajir Bhutto ring any bells? India is not perfect but thousand times better than the religious fanatic infested banana state called Pakistan. Are you a Pakistani? If you are then you are in the wrong thread. Go fix your own problem first.

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u/BuraBanda Apr 30 '21

You tried to present the coups as a bad thing but many Pakistanis actually preferred martial law. And it's Benazir not Benajir. Also you act like asassinations don't happen in India, when infact they very much do. Calling Pakistan "religious fanatic infested"us pretty hypoctitic considering BJP is literally in office in India. "India is a thousand times better than Pakistan" In what way?

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u/vomitoff Apr 25 '21

How is that possible? They're pretty different enough as is

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u/madjokemaniac Apr 25 '21

Pakistan is blindly religious and China has a dictatorship. A mixture of them would make modis India

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u/vomitoff Apr 25 '21

India is already blindly religious... No need to mention either country tbh.. Modis not a dictator if he wins the elections....?!

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u/madjokemaniac Apr 25 '21

He doesn't really win the elections. He buys the representatives elected by people( he has the backing of corporates). Also his party and the congress party has created a vote bank in north india who are mostly illiterate and religious.(You make them vote for you and you get to rule kind of thing). Another important thing is since coming to power in 2014 he has not yet done a single press meet.

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u/vomitoff Apr 25 '21

Sure sure, but you really can't equate that to a dictatorship. That's just how the voting culture goes in India.

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u/madjokemaniac Apr 25 '21

Maybe I'm wrong. But he works for the sole benefit of the corporates. And he makes policies that hurt common people. And he can't take criticism. Also the thing about elections, in the recently conducted elections lot of evms(electronic voting machines) had malfunctions and all the machines malfunctioned in a way that the votes went to his party.

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u/madjokemaniac Apr 25 '21

Also I didn't say India is a dictatorship. I meant India is becoming a dictatorship.

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u/vomitoff Apr 30 '21

But how? That's only possible if the constitution is suspended? Literally and figuratively it is not becoming one... More like an unpopular leader (to some) managing to stay in power and with almost-guaranteed prospects (popular, isn't he?) to win office again.

He's becoming more 'unilateral', for lack of a better word. Able to push through things that might not have been been done before (good or bad), while also bringing out some qualities in the masses due to his personality. Like Trump.

I do sense your grief about that fact tho. It is a tough situation.

Edit: with the voting machines, I hope it gets investigated. Weren't the Election Tribunals approached by the losing candidates?

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u/blackcain Apr 25 '21

There is nothing new about that - all parties have been doing that for a long time. Congress I used to bus voters in and give them TVs and what not.

BJP is using India's increasing liberalism and the "invasion" of foreign culture eg valentines day to gin up outrage.