Thread by @realitycheckind

once again you can see the #D elites hijack the social justice narrative from the oppressed.

So you were in a $ position to hire teachers to come to your house and teach.. so the power differential that is necessary for this to be a public social justice issue is missing.

https://twitter.com/AynavaramGopal/status/1396825025324457985

constant curation needed. I could have just let that one go.. but then that will then stick. For a while.. 😂😂

here is how the trick is played in #D. This is NOT like the woke regime in the liberal west.

There is a concept of "Epistemic justice" where knowledge is obtained through anecdotal accounts. This is called the "Lived Experience" theory. So this account satisfies that. next..

Now there is another part. It is called "standpoint theory" where positionality is important. That is *whose lived experience*. In other words in the liberal west woke - lived experience is used ONLY in the framework of systemic oppression and dynamics of dominance !!

too complex? basically it means the "lived experience" of the dominant oppressor arent considered. In #Dravidian that magic is reversed. The lived experience of the "dominant oppressor" is the primary source of knowledge (epistemics).. Isnt this genius?

Scholars like Margeruite Ross-Barnett also wondered about this.. whenever she talked with justice party elites they would back into some type of 'psychic harm' they suffered at the hands of the brahmins.

Hence #Dravidian cancels out the "positionality" or "standpoint" parts of the "lived experience" epistemics. Too complex? Imagine if the western woke cited the lived experiences of the Virginia elites and how the incoming Italians insulted them in a pizzeria.

Again too complex : Imagine you are a dravidian (nonbrahmin) elite in a Fortuner with your windows up.. then a guy in a 100cc bike shows you the finger and zooms away. What is the "Epistemic" value of this incident?

I mean .. it is undeniable bad manners on the part of the biker. And you are infuriated like PTR that a guy who has nothing has the temerity. For sure..these are knowledge points - but beyond that? nothing but in #D that is everything.

Next: what about lived experience of the truly oppressed in Dravidian ? Dalit/backward/govt school kids cant even get basic access. Again, the psychic harm trumps everything. You can see in #dravidian discourse the following ..

'சென்னையிலேயே பெரிய நிலச்சுவான் பிட்டி தியாகராய செட்டியாரையே அவமதித்தவன்.. நீங்கெல்லாம் எந்த மூலைக்கு'

"imagine if the biggest landlord Theagaraya chetty has been disrespected like this.. imagine how you (landless oppressed) will be. you are nothing "

This template is seen in nearly all #D agitprop .. so the Lived Experience of the lords are placed in front of or side-by-side with the Lived Experience of the oppressed. Because the framework of 'systemic oppression' is not present.

It doesnt matter to the elites if some illmannered brahmin idiot insults but it matters a LOT to the oppressed if the insult leads to a material loss of property or jobs. That framework is removed in #D vs #WokeWest

None of this is to say oppressed havent benefited etc.. they have in due-course as per normal technological and modernity and power is shared per the terms of the elites.

will stop this thread here. / just to record the points.

For reference: the tweet I was responding to in case I am blocked by the OP.

Another reference : The book in the screenshot is "The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India" by Marguerite Ross Barnett.