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Social media puts us all into an alternate reality. The video on Reddit is on some level a good example, as the title directly contradicts it's content. In the
by constantcrying 2y ago
Social media puts us all into an alternate reality.
The video on Reddit is on some level a good example, as the title directly contradicts it's content. In the video you see precisely one person identifiable as a Sikh and many other people, who are clearly not Sikh, performing the same task. Most definitely it isn't "the Sikh community" doing anything. It isn't even clear who provided the resources here.
Reddit especially is full of things like that, small snippets of an event presented as if it were the whole story. It is a very effective propaganda tactic and groups obviously benefit from portraying themselves a certain way and using these tactics to frame an issue a certain way.
- 2Gkashmiri 2y agonot all sikhs wear a turban....... just so you know
- constantcrying 2y agoWhat a novel revelation. Tell me then, what percentage of the Sikh population are white women? 40%?
- sirtaj 2y agoNot sure, but 100% of the white women in my house are married to one.
- constantcrying 2y agoWho cares? Why are you responding with irrelevant trivia about yourself? I am sure you absolutely know that not 40% of your community is made up of white women and that obviously is the people unloading aren't all Sikhs. By the way, these responses are exactly what OP was talking about.
- sirtaj 2y agoBecause you are making veiled assertions about a community cynically making charity about themselves, based on your quick visual analysis of a short reddit video. You're doing exactly what you're accusing everyone else of doing, with an added dose of poor faith.
- constantcrying 2y agoMy post did not include any assertion about any such thing. What this has to do with (your?) wife is a mystery though. Of course your reaction is quite telling and really says something about your ethnic narcissism, nobody said anything negative about Indians like you and somehow you feel like you are being attacked. Needing to talk about the race of (your?) wife also seems extremely weird. To be sure you have clarified OPs question quite a bit.
- sirtaj 2y agoThanks, I'm glad to help with OP's question. A more enlightened reader might have understood that I mentioned my wife to subtly suggest that there may be any number of reasons for white people to be working with Sikhs, but I keep forgetting that that sort of subtlety doesn't go well on HN where some people need more straightforward language. Live and learn.
- sirtaj 2y agoWhat do you mean "clearly not Sikh"? Just not wearing a turban?
- constantcrying 2y agoHave you looked at that video at all?
- sirtaj 2y agoDo you mean the one labelled "Khalsa Aid volunteers"? Are you suggesting that Khalsa Aid incorrectly took credit for the langar, or that Khalsa Aid has nothing to do with Sikhs?
- constantcrying 2y agoI am saying that there is 30 second video with a headline, which shows nearly zero information about the events. And that if you take your reality from reddit headlines and 30 second videos, you will soon live an alternate reality, as this kind of messaging is very effective at making you believe things which are false. If you think my post had anything to do with Kasha Aid (No idea and don't care what it is) or Sikhs, then I am afraid you did not read it properly.
- sirtaj 2y agoThe headline has says "Khalsa aid volunteers", so maybe make more of an effort paying attention to the video you're complaining about? You literally said: > In the video you see precisely one person identifiable as a Sikh and many other people, who are clearly not Sikh, performing the same task. Most definitely it isn't "the Sikh community" doing anything. It isn't even clear who provided the resources here. ... and the video is labelled as volunteers for Khalsa Aid, a Sikh-funded and operated charity. Your very basic assumptions are based on your being underinformed by choice or mistake.
- constantcrying 2y ago
- jbjbjbjb 2y agoIt says Khalsa Aid USA provided the resources
- constantcrying 2y agoOh wow, I did not notice. That is an earth shattering revelation. My post was explicitly about how you can not trust reddit headlines with 30 second videos, which show nothing about the claimed events. But now that you have pointed out that the headline actually says something it has to be true, thank you so much for your attention to detail. I don't know how I could have missed this tiny detail which my entire post was about.
- jbjbjbjb 2y agoWell if you’re interested look it up, the Instagram profile is there and it shows a lot more of their efforts. If this is alternate reality, please do tell what in your mind is the actual reality?