Thread by @humanly_we

What Andhbhakti and Godi Media can do to someone ( in general to everyone)
Politics at it's worst: a thread, read and share.👇

So, a bit of context here. I'm 16, and my parents are regular BJP supporters and regular viewers of Sudhir Chaudrey. I don't mind that. They voted for BJP in 2019 elections. I Don't mind that either. They support CAA and basically everything BJP does.👇

That kinda was a shock for me, so in December I sat down with them and had a casual chat, not trying to appear too political in front of them, as they don't like it.
Both of my parents said "Beta we are not AndhBhakts, but Modiji Jo Kar rahe Hain desh ke liye hi kar rhe hen. 👇

Congress mein bahut scams hua tha to BJP chun liya"

Hmm!
Typical Bhakt mentality. I didn't really mind that too and I didn't expect much anyway.

From January onwards, I started doing some intense research and fact checking on everything that happened in politics since 2014.👇

My views completely changed. I went from being -Aolitical- to being genuinely -Worried About The Future of Our Country-.

In mid January, the Indian residents in Colombo (where I live) were having a CAA-NRC protest in the Indian Embassy. 👇

Two of my friends were going but as soon as my parents figured out, they went crazyyy. I got grounded for a week, electronics confiscated, and was called an "antinational, deshdrohi, anti-modi pappu supporter" and so much more I can't even put here in words. 👇

I let that happen and more things happened, I just let them too happen. This was becoming commonplace now. Until today, I was just sitting on my desk, studying for mock exams, when my dad calls me. He asks me why doesn't UAE, Saudi and other Gulf countries take in Rohingyas ..👇

if they're so important to me apparently. He was arguing why rich middle Eastern countries, thousands of kilometres away from the refugees, take in those people if they really are so important. After completely countering his dumb logic, he snapped. 👇

Btw, my dad had always supported equality. Never seen him like this.
He got up and started shouting in my face about how Muslims are a plague and they were taking over the damn world. He said that Muslims don't migrate to Muslim countries, instead to other non Muslim countries 👇

coz there they will have 5-6 children and spread their relegion. Then, they take over the entire govt once their population gets high enough and collapse entire governments. He then started saying about exactly the things godi media says, about how Hindus are in EXTREME DANGER👇

because of Muslims and how India will turn into a fascist Muslim state if nothing is done, even if all stats point otherwise. As soon as I pointed it out, ironically I was hit with "YE SAB FAKE NEWS HAI YOU ARE USING WAYY TOO MUCH INTERNET FOR A CHILD". Ironically, I'd heard 👇

Sudhir Choudrey say something similar to this, about how children spend too much time researching fake news on politics and the internet, not 3 weeks ago. After his Muslim rant was over, he shifted to Hindus. As "proof", he said all Muslims read Qur'an and pray in mosque, 👇

which according to him, even though we are from Uttar Pradesh of all states, less than 1% of Hindus read holy books and go to temple and properly follow our relegion. He continued about Hindu supremacy, about how we should be superior, I'd never heard him talk that way.
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To try and calm things down, I tried to remind him I'm athiest. That was the end to it.

I got dragged by the ears, and got smashed on the head with a steel plate that was nearby. I got slapped and hit, I didn't do anything. He said that he's going to disown me if I don't say 👇

I'm a pure Hindu in 5 seconds, which I out of no choice I did, and that I will read 30 pages from Ramayana and bhagvad Gita everyday. He called me a terrorist, a failure, a shame on India and consequently locked me in the room and confiscated everything I had. 👇

Typing all this from grandmother's phone.

All the emotional weight aside, I feel like I've lost it. I've lost the freedom to speak, the freedom of speech, the right to have an opinion.

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Everything I say, I get back a "tum bachche ho, 18 Saal ke hokar Kuch Karna, tumhe Kuch samajh Nahi aata"

So much more things happened that I can't describe. I was hit so bad, and insulted to the face because I had a different opinion. 👇

I thought about it and realised all my dad did for past 3 years was watching Zee News continuously from 7 pm to 10 pm. Nothing else. Having an opinion is deshdrohi, antinational, and if you don't support our great leader Modi, you shall be banished in hell. 👇

I'm emotionally drained.

I don't know where else to post this, I feel like I cannot trust anybody anymore, that I've been stripped of basic rights.

Edit: my mom apologised on behalf of my dad and my dad still hasn't spoken, 👇

but my mom feels extremely sorry for me even though she didn't say anything and says she understands my point of view.
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Moral of this story is...
"this Andhbhakti & Godi Media can divide and emotionally separate everyone from you even your dad from you, your family and say from everyone you view differently."
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Thanks for sharing this.