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JSA790 t1_je3dq08 wrote

The sheer amount of vile hate India receives on reddit always surprises me. It's truly the nation and ethnicity everyone is allowed to be racist to. Atleast China is feared, hope India reaches the same place.

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Silent_Shadow05 t1_je3nkg8 wrote

Its mostly in the top level subs of reddit. The smaller ones hand out quick bans for racist comments. You just need to avoid these big subs.

And for those that's say its because of Ukraine War, nope. Its been going on since around 2014 atleast when I first started using reddit.

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ScaryShadowx t1_je4191y wrote

It's because a lot of the West still have a colonial attitude and it often comes out whenever a country gets too 'uppity' and no longer 'knows their place' - which according to a LOT of people on this sub is serving US geopolitical interests.

The hate always comes out whenever India does something in its own interest or according to its own ideals.

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TheHalfDeadCat t1_je4d5dg wrote

Go to r/space and search India or ISRO (India’s Space Program) you’ll find threads with bunch of deleted comments and the comments which are not removed would be about why is everyone so racist there.

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perrinlighteyes t1_je44ll9 wrote

I would argue that all these hateful bigots are already afraid of India's rise.

They are afraid that China and India will call the shots for the next century, that hurts their fragile ego.

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SirRabbott t1_je3rmp2 wrote

Seeing as how 1/6 of people alive on the planet live in india... I don't think it'll be much longer 👀

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je44t2l wrote

Probably because of the rampant issues India have with raping women and marrying kids. They also buy cheap oil from Russia. No wonder not many redditors are not liking India’s government much currently.

I don’t hate Indians they are lovely people that are generous with their time and know how to feed their guests but as a business I hate selling things to them.

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7sfx t1_je45zkr wrote

India has problems, so does every country on the earth. Doesn't mean that you can be racist against them. US had like 90 shootings in this year alone, highest of any other country. Does that mean that I can be racist against americans?

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je4931g wrote

What does racism have to do with that? I am not American and I am against gun violence but here we are. The important thing is the laws that the government enacts.

But kids, women and Russia is mostly what reddit is about currently so you have to understand the circumstances why India is not well seen at least on Reddit.

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No-Philosopher-8212 t1_je4er5v wrote

You're talking like every Indian man wants to grope literally every woman he meets.

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je6ycow wrote

Funny just found that post just now 😆

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/125n7ga/a_stampede_of_men_forcing_their_way_into_a_womens/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

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No-Philosopher-8212 t1_je93qgn wrote

correlation =/= causation. Just because there is a a video about guys storming into a womens college in India, doesn't mean everyone in India does it.

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je99rks wrote

have you seen it happen anywhere else in the civilised world? Give me an example?

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No-Philosopher-8212 t1_je9beo0 wrote

The most recent data on rape is sadly 2010, but the US reports 15x more rapes than India does. Now, I know about unreported rape, different definitions etc., but if you think that is enough to make India the Rape country of the world (which is by stats is the US, 84k rapes per 100,000 ppl), Then you are grossly mistaken.

India has a problem of rape. We agree. In fact it is a huge problem caused by a small population. But generalizing an issue to every citizen of India when the issue is caused by the type of people we Indians hate is annoying, irritating and frankly racist. I have seen so many comments asking why Indians are always horny, Why do they grope girls so often etc. It not only angers me but hurts me. India, while not the safest country ever is not a public orgy country or something ridiculous.

all of my stats are taken from the wiki (which tends to be biased slightly against India, but that's just my opinion).

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je9ocna wrote

I’m talking about a crowd of boys forcing themselves in a school to grope girls.

Also India has a higher amount of unreported rape because it brings dishonour to the family and lower their chance of marriage so you can’t really use your statistics

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No-Philosopher-8212 t1_je9r2tg wrote

I understand the data point, but at maximum its gonna be like 3x or 4x more than the reported cases. not fucking 15x.

I'm talking data, your talking about a video on reddit which probably has either been taken out of context, or been re uploaded a year or two later. I'm giving you facts, reply to me with facts, not a reddit video.

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je4ikl6 wrote

that's pretty dumb. did he means that all American go out there and shoot citizens?

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No-Philosopher-8212 t1_je4nxqn wrote

No. He means that we all have problems, and rather than just using those problems, which are caused by a small % of the population of said country, to attack specific nationalities, you should spend your time more effectively.

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je4o8oa wrote

Oh but the main argument is India as a country helping Russia when they are invading another sovereign nation make it so that redditors don’t have a good opinion of the country.

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No-Philosopher-8212 t1_je4piqk wrote

India buying the oil is preventing the world from the horror of Insane gas prices, which would cause the poorer countries of the world to default a lot more.

What India wants is issues not related to India or any other country not affect the world in such a severe manner. And they are willing to do anything for that.

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je5bahv wrote

Do you make things up as you go?

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No-Philosopher-8212 t1_je5coqy wrote

Do you not try to at least search up the problem of having less supply in a already heavily demanded market?

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je6wbgf wrote

India is not preventing anything they also sell goods to Russia. Technically India is helping the regime. I am calling you out on making excuses to justify these actions with unsubstantiated claims. India government is just trying to profit of the war crisis to buy oil cheap and increase their GDP

At the end it’s fine but don’t expect Redditors in general who feel the pain of the Ukrainians, to appreciate these actions AND OP coming out to cry about it

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7sfx t1_je49f5t wrote

Read the comment that you replied to, then read your first comment, then read my comment.

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je4o12t wrote

Yeah I read them it’s not racism if it’s the truth and targeted at the Indian government as I said. I said the government inaction in regards to women’s rights and also collusion with Russia make sit so that there is a bias in reddit toward the country and not its people.

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Propagandasteak t1_je5b2uv wrote

Respect for trying to argue against Indians in heavily Indian dominated post. They are very patriotic and anti west/USA and sometimes pro russian

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Pale_Solution_5338 t1_je6yqjm wrote

It’s not a crime to be contrarian as long as you are courteous and try to be factual.

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