THREAD: Key highlights from @kunalkamra88's statement in Supreme Court.
"The public’s faith in judiciary is founded on the institution’s own actions and not on any criticism or commentary about it."
"The public’s faith in judiciary is founded on the institution’s own actions and not on any criticism or commentary about it."
"To believe any institution of power in a democracy is beyond criticism is like saying migrants need to find their way back home during an ill-planned, nationwide lockdown: it is irrational and undemocratic."
"IF this court believes I have crossed a line and wants to shut down my internet indefinitely then I too will write Happy Independence Day postcards every 15th August, just like my Kashmiri friends."
"We are witnessing an assault on the freedom of speech and expression, with comedians like Munawar Faruqui being jailed for jokes that have not even been made, and school students being interrogated for sedition."
"I believe that there’s a growing culture of intolerance in this country, where taking offence is seen as a fundamental right and has been elevated to the status of a much loved national indoor sport."
"Should powerful people and institutions continue to show an inability to tolerate rebuke or criticism, we would be reduced to a country of incarcerated artists and flourishing lapdogs."
"The suggestion that my tweets could shake the foundations of the most powerful court in the world is an over-estimation of my abilities."
"I would be happy to take advise on comedy from the petitioners, but that requires that they have a sense of humour first."
"I would be happy to take advise on comedy from the petitioners, but that requires that they have a sense of humour first."
"I believe there need be no defence for jokes. Jokes are based on a comedian’s perspective, which they use to make the audience that shares the same perception laugh."
"I attempt to abide by comedy’s tenet of comforting the afflicted, and afflicting the comfortable."
"I attempt to abide by comedy’s tenet of comforting the afflicted, and afflicting the comfortable."
"Most people do not react to jokes that don’t make them laugh; ignore them like our political leaders ignore critics."
"The truth about the attention economy is that the more attention one gives to criticism or ridicule, the more credible it appears to be."
"The truth about the attention economy is that the more attention one gives to criticism or ridicule, the more credible it appears to be."
"I hope that this court will demonstrate that the freedom of speech and expression is a cardinal constitutional value, and recognise that the possibility of being offended is a necessary incident to the exercise of this right."
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
