Thread by @AhmedArundhati

1. Why #INSVikrant celebrations are homophobic in nature.

I will ignore the sheer horror of war in this thread, & how it is led by only men and destroys women, LGBTQIA+ and children.

My purpose in this thread is even more brilliant. It is to expose the homophobia of the Navy.

2. India gets its first home-built aircraft carrier. And what do we name it? INS Vikrant? This is outrageous on so so many levels, I started hyperventilating the first time I heard it. But then I calmed down and prepared myself for this thread for the world needs my awesomeness.

3. Vikrant is the name of a male for starters. And everything male is vicious, evil and horrible, we all know that. Why would India still propagate male chauvinism in this way is beyond me.

4. Second, the meaning of the name says शेर or वीर or बहादुर. All of these words of Brahmanical patriarchy for they signal that women and other 71 genders are weak and need men’s protection and that men actually protect, while they prey and hurt in reality, as we all know.

5. Thirdly, even in omission the female gender is included somehow, for all the names of Navy ships are male so they indicate the glaring absence of the female gender. But the other 71 genders are excluded even from exclusion. That is exclusion raised to a power.

6. INS Vikrant is also home-built. But we all know the idea of ‘homeland’ is patriarchal and reeks of Brahmanical chauvinism hinged on false and oppressive ideas of nationalism, motherland, homeland and other such redundant and regressive notions.

7. Being proud of this ship because it is home-built is nothing but the celebration of toxic masculinity and Brahmanical patriarchy. No wonder India’s state indulges in this orgy against the marginalized beautiful individuals.

8. We, the beautiful individuals without labels, have to stand against this exercise in patriarchy, Brahmanism, chauvinism, sexism and homophobia.

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