Taking the side of white fascists in any race issue with non desis is a bizarre elite indian trait. Also, bizarrely siding with the British establishment. The inception is strong in those ones. Here's a thread of things I've first heard from desis, usually brahmin males.....
"Brexit was necessary to protect Britain from Islamism"
"Civil War was about states rights. Other countries got rid of slavery without war. Lincoln used it as an excuse to consolidate power" (this one is from libertarians usually)
"Don't you think ALL lives matter?"
Very much this energy they have.
Once, trying to explain the "and then they came for me" history of American conservatism, I told a couple of desis in California about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. One was actually impressed and said India needs one too. The other said, "it was 135 years ago, get over it"
Most of these points are usually parroted from the Breitbart-Reason-Shapiro network. Also comes with default reverence for anti-wokes like Dawkins and Peterson. They probably use quisling and vichy as compliments.
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Btw this really made me happy because it means my #FactCheckBait awareness campaign isn't just me screaming at clouds. It directly hits how their targets are counted and how they are paid.
Long way to go. Even now mutuals RTing sanghi bait. But it's a start.
So yes, I'm going to keep trying to politely and firmly keep reminding people that you can ridicule and infuriate fascists and also hurt them by not RTing. Like ok, we all want to ridicule Haggi. Do you really have to QT tweets praising him and help them get paid?
How NOT to ridicule Haggi? QT this tweet and add your ridicule. Or screenshot in ways that the handle or hashtags are visible. That's how they get paid.
How to ridicule Haggi? Crop this and say "Haggi public mein hag raha hai kya? 🤣🤣🤣"
"Your travel pictures make America look exactly like in movies and TV shows."
Honestly, that's America, not me. It's remarkable how close this country is to its screen portrayals in every way.
LOL at this when I get those comments exclusively on pictures when I'm in the countryside or out in nature. I'm not saying all of America is Seinfeld or Fresh Prince. And in 2021, who is watching only NY/LA based American content? 🤔🤔
My point is different from this....
The public places you see in Indian stuff are usually different from reality. They are a scrubbed, cleaned (literally), sanitized, idealized portrayals of India. Reality is different.
In American content, even set it "middle America", you don't see this dichotomy.
Oooh, I thought I recognized the mountains as the ones in my original sasuraal, the Coachella Valley. By that I don't mean I'm a huge fan of huge concerts. That's literally where Rupal lived before moving in with me. In Indio. Ah the Jalisco food. 😋😋
Her parents ran a motel half a mile from the Coachella venue. We never attended the music festival ourselves tho cos of a very desi reason. If we did, it would mean one less room for in-laws to sell. And the festival is when they'd make a big chunk of their annual revenue.
Our visits or celebrations would always be timed for off-peak seasons. Like even our wedding was held in August, when the California desert is at its hottest. The day we married, it was 104F at midnight, 123F at noon. Too hot to even have a pool party for the guests. 🤣🤣
"Professor Sabnis says on his twitter that he lives in new york but teaches in new jersey so he is lying on his twitter bio because no one lives in new york and works in new jersey. we can get twitter to ban him for lying."
Oh I'm loving my secret telegram access, bhakts. 🤣🤣
Now they're discussing how Sabnis is live tweeting the chats. 🤣🤣🤣
"it is very possible that sabnis might be on this group"
So this view from our Lake Placid cabin faces exactly North. Like I am looking at this right now past midnight and I can see Polaris right in front and the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia nicely snuggling it on a clear night sky. And that jogged a Chile memory. So gather around....
I'm gonna post this thread and then unroll it and use it for the sample chapter of my "Imma try BillBrysoning Chile travel" book.
So a huge reason @k_rupal picked Chile as the surprise destination for our 10th anniv trip was how crazy I am about astronomy.
And she booked us a few nights at Alain Maury's SPACE lodge (google him... What a lovely guy!). The first event was a general star gazing session with 25 other people bussed in from San Pedro a few miles away. Alain didn't host that. It was a PhD student.
It's that time of the year again when sanghi twitter thinks this is going to work. 🤣🤣🤣
It's like they don't even google me. 😭😭😭😭
Today is Tuesday btw 😌
Just to be clear, yes, this is a legit email from my school's HR. So I guess after @AudreyTruschke, they stayed in Jersey in terms of their online swarm activity. This could be a great research opportunity!