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It is horrifying to see an animal rights debate being used to push a communal agenda and target the #BJP's 2 pet hates: #Muslims and #Kerala. Don't fall for their misinformation campaign, read the facts, people 👇🏾
The cleverest part of this propaganda campaign is that if you clarify facts, your statements are misrepresented as a justification of animal abuse. So "the elephant was not FED the pineapple" is met with, "are you saying it is okay to set such traps?" (Cont'd)
Or "it happened in #Palakkad, not #Malappuram" is met with "are you saying it is okay to do this in Palakkad?" Actually, what we're saying very bluntly is: "We understand that you are obsessed with Malappuram because it is a #Muslim majority district?" (Cont'd)
Hindutva extremists destroying a set built for the #TovinoThomas-starrer #MinnalMurali serve as a reminder of the long-running undercurrents of tension between religious communities in #Kerala against which secular forces in the state must keep a constant vigil. (Cont'd)
The all-round reaction to this violence - from the team of #MinnalMurali, their colleagues in Mollywood, the CM & police - explains why, despite everything, religious fundamentalists have largely been kept in check in the state. Fingers crossed that this never changes. (Cont'd)
It is hard for us in North India in 2020 to believe this, but when extremists demolished #MinnalMurali's set, the #Kerala police actually arrested the extremists and NOT activists opposing the violence / journalists who criticised it / random #Muslims. Imagine that! (Cont'd)
