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This "environmental activist" is supporting an agitation demanding freedom to burn stubble and cause pollution choking 20 million people of Delhi[1]. Having s

This "environmental activist" is supporting an agitation demanding freedom to burn stubble and cause pollution choking 20 million people of Delhi[1]. Having said that India have some actual activists responsible for creating forests single handedly with their own money[2][3]. Incidentally present "fasist" government honoured them while previous liberal progressive government fail to notice them. These life long activists get no coverage while faker like Greta and Disha rules the headlines. [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-india-54930380 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadav_Payeng https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadav_Payeng [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalumarada_Thimmakka#:~:text=Saalumarada%20Thimmakka%2C%20also%20known%20as,planted%20nearly%208000%20other%20trees https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalumarada_Thimmakka#:~:tex....

trashme 6y ago
The environmental activists you linked to (2 and 3) are motivated purely by altruism. They are doers. > while faker like Greta and Disha rules the headlines. They are armchair activists.
srean 6y ago
Even if that were to be true (that which is not) that does not justify intimidating a person by arresting them in one state moving her to another overnight and remanding to custody over claims that cannot stand the scrutiny even of a favorably disposed court -- all because of their need to gag dissent. The point is not about who is a true activist but using federal bodies to put people under arrest under trumped up charges for political agenda. This as weaponized use of federal bodies that India has witnessed in 50 years. Disha's toolkit gets an arrest but toolkits by bjp activists openly calling for violence against muslims get a wink wink nod nod
- drieddust 6y ago
  > ... all because of their need to gag dissent. I think you know that there are people blocking highways for months blocking entrance to Capital. If people don't have right to protest how this is hapenning. > Disha's toolkit gets an arrest but toolkits by bjp activists openly calling for violence against muslims get a wink wink nod nod BJP worker doesn't habe a toolkit. He runs a telegram group with open membership. You can join it too. Disha Ravi had to retract and replace the toolkit with a sanitized version because toolkit is more about disrupting the "chai and yoga" image of India than protest against policies of the Government. And ofcourse we can't forget Muslims. They are the proverbial victims with no extremism. Be it France, Sweden, UK, Banglore or Delhi. Across time and place, all the rioting is someone else's fault across time wink wink nod nod
  - srean 6y ago
    > I think you know that there are people blocking highways for months blocking entrance to Capital. It's the police that has barricaded the borders to stop them from entering Delhi. Protesting is not a crime. This is how we won our independence by peaceful protests and noncooperation movement. These are perfectly legitimate political actions. By not calling it a toolkit you are playing semantic games. Disha's 'toolkit' was a document that instructed volunteers how to get more visibility and how to make #tags trend. It was a sketch of a plan for an entirely peaceful protest with absolutely 0 call for violence. This called for multiple arrests and many are still languishing in jail in spite of no shred of evidence linking them to violence. On the other hand anyone can search for Kapil Mishra, and Ragini Tiwari on youtube to find recordings of their hate speech asking for killing and riots. Even inciting the rioters while they are rioting -- all captured on camera. These people continue unarrested. https://youtu.be/668EaVxdqwk?t=484 https://youtu.be/668EaVxdqwk?t=484 The following links will show more of the double standards used by the government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBVc51TFEsM&t=58s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBVc51TFEsM&t=58s https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/02/15/we-infiltrated-the-telegram-groups-of-the-bjp-leaders-online-network-to-see-what-they-do https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/02/15/we-infiltrated-the-te... As long as the hatred and call to arms is in line with BJP politics they see the other way.

trashme 6y ago

The environmental activists you linked to (2 and 3) are motivated purely by altruism. They are doers. > while faker like Greta and Disha rules the headlines. They are armchair activists.

srean 6y ago

Even if that were to be true (that which is not) that does not justify intimidating a person by arresting them in one state moving her to another overnight and remanding to custody over claims that cannot stand the scrutiny even of a favorably disposed court -- all because of their need to gag dissent. The point is not about who is a true activist but using federal bodies to put people under arrest under trumped up charges for political agenda. This as weaponized use of federal bodies that India has witnessed in 50 years. Disha's toolkit gets an arrest but toolkits by bjp activists openly calling for violence against muslims get a wink wink nod nod

drieddust 6y ago
> ... all because of their need to gag dissent. I think you know that there are people blocking highways for months blocking entrance to Capital. If people don't have right to protest how this is hapenning. > Disha's toolkit gets an arrest but toolkits by bjp activists openly calling for violence against muslims get a wink wink nod nod BJP worker doesn't habe a toolkit. He runs a telegram group with open membership. You can join it too. Disha Ravi had to retract and replace the toolkit with a sanitized version because toolkit is more about disrupting the "chai and yoga" image of India than protest against policies of the Government. And ofcourse we can't forget Muslims. They are the proverbial victims with no extremism. Be it France, Sweden, UK, Banglore or Delhi. Across time and place, all the rioting is someone else's fault across time wink wink nod nod
- srean 6y ago
  > I think you know that there are people blocking highways for months blocking entrance to Capital. It's the police that has barricaded the borders to stop them from entering Delhi. Protesting is not a crime. This is how we won our independence by peaceful protests and noncooperation movement. These are perfectly legitimate political actions. By not calling it a toolkit you are playing semantic games. Disha's 'toolkit' was a document that instructed volunteers how to get more visibility and how to make #tags trend. It was a sketch of a plan for an entirely peaceful protest with absolutely 0 call for violence. This called for multiple arrests and many are still languishing in jail in spite of no shred of evidence linking them to violence. On the other hand anyone can search for Kapil Mishra, and Ragini Tiwari on youtube to find recordings of their hate speech asking for killing and riots. Even inciting the rioters while they are rioting -- all captured on camera. These people continue unarrested. https://youtu.be/668EaVxdqwk?t=484 https://youtu.be/668EaVxdqwk?t=484 The following links will show more of the double standards used by the government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBVc51TFEsM&t=58s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBVc51TFEsM&t=58s https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/02/15/we-infiltrated-the-telegram-groups-of-the-bjp-leaders-online-network-to-see-what-they-do https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/02/15/we-infiltrated-the-te... As long as the hatred and call to arms is in line with BJP politics they see the other way.