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I agree with many of your points, but political philosophy does often make a difference, and the BJP has one that is clearly illiberal. Part of the reason I am

I agree with many of your points, but political philosophy does often make a difference, and the BJP has one that is clearly illiberal. Part of the reason I am focusing on this is that to the world the BJP often pretends to support liberal rights when it actually does not. Let me ask you this: if you were a citizen in India, would you join in resistance to the BJP's illiberalism, or would you decide it is all inevitable and just give up?

pasabagi 7y ago
I think I would join in resistance - it's just, in my thinking, the non-liberal character of the BJP is not the problem. I don't think a liberal resistance centered around classic enlightenment values (secularism, etc) would work - and if it did work, I don't think it would have an enduring effect. I'm not really sure of how you would go about fighting back - but I just feel like liberalism is really flawed when it comes to divided societies. The whole secularism/universalism idea really quickly becomes a cover for the dominant group to pretend that their values are secular, and their beliefs are universal. Which is why you get crucifixes in Bavarian classrooms, but it's impossible to get planning permission to build a mosque.