A number of young men & women in India have been attracted to a dangerous alt-right online ecosystem called 'trad-wing', in which they serve as self-styled civilizational warriors. Do read this article by @alishan_jafri to know about #Trads
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Unlike the trads in the US who love Trump, Indian trads have two major problems with Narendra Modi. First, his OBC caste & second, they feel that he’s too soft on Muslims. They even refer to Modi as ‘Maulana Modi’ when he greets people on Eid or Christmas. thewire.in/communalism/ge…
Trad ‘humour’ is deliberately provocative, & designed to ‘trigger’ marginalised communities with violent ‘humour’. They include memes depicting the beheading of Muslims, Dalit “cockroaches” being gassed, rape victims (Muslims/Dalits) being urinated upon by a saffronised Pepe Frog
Trads believe that Indian constitution should be replaced with Manusmriti & that Dalits are an inferior race. Trad accounts are filled with words like Potassium Oxide (K2O or Katuwon) & Ola Uber (Allah Hu Akbar). SM algorithms designed to filter hate speech r bypassed this way.
The green frog with a skull cap is used to mock Muslims while the blue frog mocks “Bhimtas” (a slur for Dalit Ambedkarites). The Liberal Doge YouTuber, Ritesh Jha, for instance, uses Doge meme videos to demonise Muslims. By @therealnaomib & @alishan_jafri
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