Thread by @SuhagAShukla

#PSA HinduAmericans: Last night, a twitter lynch mob fueled by the anonymous troll Kashmir separatist StandWithKashmir targeted a documentary filmmaker attacking her work.

Why? She spoke at a @HinduAmerican event about water issues. That's it. This will keep happening. (thread)

This Hindu American filmmaker was gaslit after someone had a disagreement over one of her documentaries over something unrelated to HAF. So her HAF presentation was used as some sort of twisted confirmation bias "gotcha" to slam her work. 2/

Said filmmaker correctly stated that her talk was about water, that HAF is a 501(c)3 & speaking at an event hardly implies conformity w/ all positions.

Not enough for the @twitter mob. A tech scholar @UVA went straight for cancellation. Condemn HAF, else, your career is over. 3/

Then @azadessa joined the mob. Let's not forget just last week, Essa of @MiddleEastEye publicly marked a Kashmiri Pandit who had returned to his homeland as a collaborator possibly endangering his life. 4/

Being targeted by @Twitter verified handles overnight w/ career suicide, being drawn into narratives of Kashmir, Palestine, Hindutva, Zionism, being threatened by some shady folks who can harm--all this was too much, and expectedly, our friend capitulated to stymie the mob. 5/

Dozens of leaders in politics, arts, business, etc. speak at @HinduAmerican events. This twisted purity test on Indian political positions being weaponized to destroy Hindu Americans is hardly new. First they went after Hindus in politics, now...anywhere.
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Folks, if you still wonder why @HinduAmerican sued for defamation, look no further. This targeting of Hindus, silencing us, slandering, cancelling, threatening--this why we are in court, and this is what I also address here. Our very lives are at stake. washingtonpost.com/religion/our-c…