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@dreamer_bells 4. She claimed that people talking about Palestine should look at their own countries before pointing fingers.
            
            I agree. I absolutely do. But shouldn't that start from home? Shouldn't voices of justice start from home? Every other Hindu Activists or right wingers I have met, they continue to claim that Hindus are in danger in neighbouring countries of pak and bdesh, but they barely ever raise a finger for the oppressed voices within India, until they are questioned that why aren't they doing so.
            
            Selective Outrage is seen among Indians. Amongst Pakistanis. Amongst Bangladeshis. Amongst Americans. Amongst Turks. Amongst Japanese. Amongst every other community in the world who belong to privileged spaces.
            
            In India, Dalits are lynched and murdered just for existing. Muslims and their places of worship have been facing attacks since 2014(it was there prev as well). Christians are being targetted for converting and their faith is questioned and now churches are being targetted as well. Every Dalit Christian or tribal Christian is targeted for converting which shows casteism. They have attacked before and it's not mentionee in news at all. Beef lynchings and caste violence are common in UP and Bihar.
            
            Is someone that privileged that they prefer to talk about oppression abroad because it seems safer and abstract? Talking about oppression inside home can hit hard for privileged spaces because we realise that we benefit from the system and indirectly take part in oppression of the subaltern.
            
            So, the person above who wrote that, did she fall victim to her own words?
            
            Something to ponder about.

@dreamer_bells Thus, coming to my last point, by definition, terrorism is deliberate violence against civilians to create ideological fear. Equating Islam with terrorism is well-crafted propaganda designed to incite violence against Muslims.
            Shouldn't the US be declared as terrorists for constantly bombing the middle East for decades?
            Shouldn't VHP and RSS be declared as terrorists for deliberately harming the minorities? Recently, the Christmas celebrations across different places were vandalised by RSS. Shouldn't they be declared as terrorists because they fall under every criteria that defines terrorism? Shouldn't VHP be declared as terrorists or genociders for massacring the Christian tribes from Odisha? Terrorists has always been linked to muslims and Islam for a larger agenda, i.e. to justify violence against them and continue to attack the poorer nation for exploitation and get away with it. Hinutva fundamentalsists have adopted that to create more divide between Hindus and muslims to rally votes. They use the atrocities against Hindus in neighbour countries to justify violence in home country. That stands true for Pak and Bangladesh as well, as they continue to persecute their minorities since independence. 

@dreamer_bells I do* see her points

@chxrrylipss Also, does it really matter if we keep on talking about how golden Hinduism was back in the Vedic period, when brahmanism has been in rule for centuries? Should we be trapped in the nostalgia, which we weren't even a part of, or should we actively criticise the system and try to dismantle it within? And that dismantlement cannot proceed if we liken hierarchy to just merit and service. Even Buddhism and jainism was formed as an opposition to casteism in Hinduism, and they had their own share of negatives i.e. hierarchy and patriarchy. 
            
            Also, don't get me wrong, it's easier for us to praise our religion. It's easier for us to find the goodness in it, but that's because we are much more privileged. We are separated from the harsh realities of people who still face casteism(untouchability, disrespect, forced uneducation, and many more). It's hard for me to find religion very optimistic after I see what the subaltern goes through. What the women go through. 
            
            Moreover I'm not talking about spirituality, which is a different topic altogether, I'm talking about the ground reality of religion. The history of religion, not the metaphysical aspect. 

@chxrrylipss sorry, but when people are ranked above and below each other, they turn bigoted and want to stay in authority and claim their status. That's how classism works. That's what capitalism banks on. That's how the world has always worked. However, the structure of rankings becomes dangerous when it is shown as the core ideal of a religion, and 'a way to live life'. 
            
            Also, I'd suggest you study dalit studies or about casteism in detail, because what you said erases thousands of years of oppression that marginalised castes had to face. And still face it! This is a mere suggestion because I have studied it in detail in my college and it is dark. 
            
            And my point still stands. The ideals of religion indeed didn't translate into reality, because we can see how that turned out. India is a country that stands on the backbones of the marginalised who face extreme inequalities, simply because of their caste. It's a country that pushes patriarchal norms onto the society through its festivals, rituals, etc. 
            
            Yes, sure, you, as a woman, can take up space in religious space and reinterpret it in your way; but that doesn't change the fact that religion is tyrannical. 
            In fact, our history books have also mentioned how these pervasive systems came into being. Hinduism didn't start with a singular purpose. It was an amalgamation of multiple local religions. Contemporary Hinduism(brahmanism) is the most recent form and the most oppressive one. 

@dreamer_bells  Sorry, life gets tough so I never replied. I would argue that Hinduism isn't fully based on hierarchy or casteist. Even if  "the ideals of said religion don't translate into reality" the main purpose of religion isn't a giant failure. The problem isn't the teachings or the religion itself, it's about how people interpret and enforce these teachings. Also hierarchy isn't inherently bad. Hierarchies can be functional when they're based on merit, service, or spiritual growth. Is the goal to reform religion or abandon it?

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