<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But I am (also) worried about the general Hindus' unguarded response to the one who has recently been given much of the spotlight.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Such Hindu response comes naturally to them, and they lap up anything that can come their way, thanks to the prevailing insecurity. It is advisable therefore to have a system of caution inbuilt, and not let guards down. That much suspicion is fair enough. But on the other hand, there should be some basis for turning this minimum suspicion into open antagonism, which is evident in your posts. Rather than sounding cautious and alert, your posts come out sounding like you have some inside dope against VG that others dont have. Like your mocking him by adding Firoze Khan-Gandhi's initials to his name whenever you mention him. we do mock villains but not suspects without any strong data aginst them, never too someone when they are not apparing to be doing harm and all that may be made out against them be circumstantial and unverified. I am not sure in this case we know of any of his villainary. What is the best case a suspicious mind can make right now of him? Not much. Then wait for data, do some research. But not having done that, not having any known ground to run him down, is not usual to make up one's mind on someone. Besides, when you, especially you, who is known by me as a sharply objective mind, keep repeating some unverified points it becomes clear you have more reasons to oppose him than you are letting others know, e.g. your disturbance with some supposed eviction of some sikh person from a rally, for unspecified reason, by unspecified actors, in a story run only by CNN-IBN, only once, in a vague language reminding one of their Gujarat style, and then copied pasted by their cousins, but not taken up by any sober media outlet. Like when you repeat that he has disowned his statements, which he has obviousely not - he has only said that these are not the original words of his, and there are things added and deleted to what he said. I can imagine you did not see the videos posted by Dhu and especially the one (with Dipak Chaurasia) by me where he repeated yesterday that he stands by what he said about protecting Hindus, but has not said any derogatory thing against moslems.
So, do tell us what you know against the fellow that we don't, since you are very vocal lone voice, and rather hyper on the issue. Although like I said, VG is of minimum importance to Hindus right now. We do know there are larger imposters entangled deeper into BJP. What can be a good outcome is that it becomes a catalyst to throw away political correctness in the prevailing discourse. I shall take that happily anyday, even at the risk of VG being a fake Hindu leader.
About Sanjay Gandhi. Why do you just paint everything and everyone with same brush when you do not know much about someone? Not fair. The fellow might have been anything, but was not known to be a secular. Please read some accounts of Emergency. I recommend Jagmohan's account, now a BJP MP and ex-cabinet minister, he was a close ally of SG at that time. SG was known to be an open anti-Muslim, hated by mullas and seculars, and liked by (non-BJP) Hindutva types. Shiv Sena had close links with the fellow and Bal Thackeray in those days was never tired of praising him, nor is he today. Unlike others who simply talk about demographic invasion by Muslims, he went about doing something about it --he is alleged to have launched the systematic sterilization drive in UP and Delhi, targeting mostly Muslims. He demolished Old Delhi's Muslim Ghettos which used to breed and export yearly rioters. There was that famous picture of a bull-dozer at Jama Masjid. Shahi Imam's famous popularity and power was reduced to a joke by him. He had them all terrified. Till date he is most hated person ever of free India by Muslims of that generation. (Not that I support all that he did, just correcting your otherwise misinformed opinion -- he was not a secular of any kind, was not a muslim-appeaser like his elder brother or Advaniji).
Such Hindu response comes naturally to them, and they lap up anything that can come their way, thanks to the prevailing insecurity. It is advisable therefore to have a system of caution inbuilt, and not let guards down. That much suspicion is fair enough. But on the other hand, there should be some basis for turning this minimum suspicion into open antagonism, which is evident in your posts. Rather than sounding cautious and alert, your posts come out sounding like you have some inside dope against VG that others dont have. Like your mocking him by adding Firoze Khan-Gandhi's initials to his name whenever you mention him. we do mock villains but not suspects without any strong data aginst them, never too someone when they are not apparing to be doing harm and all that may be made out against them be circumstantial and unverified. I am not sure in this case we know of any of his villainary. What is the best case a suspicious mind can make right now of him? Not much. Then wait for data, do some research. But not having done that, not having any known ground to run him down, is not usual to make up one's mind on someone. Besides, when you, especially you, who is known by me as a sharply objective mind, keep repeating some unverified points it becomes clear you have more reasons to oppose him than you are letting others know, e.g. your disturbance with some supposed eviction of some sikh person from a rally, for unspecified reason, by unspecified actors, in a story run only by CNN-IBN, only once, in a vague language reminding one of their Gujarat style, and then copied pasted by their cousins, but not taken up by any sober media outlet. Like when you repeat that he has disowned his statements, which he has obviousely not - he has only said that these are not the original words of his, and there are things added and deleted to what he said. I can imagine you did not see the videos posted by Dhu and especially the one (with Dipak Chaurasia) by me where he repeated yesterday that he stands by what he said about protecting Hindus, but has not said any derogatory thing against moslems.
So, do tell us what you know against the fellow that we don't, since you are very vocal lone voice, and rather hyper on the issue. Although like I said, VG is of minimum importance to Hindus right now. We do know there are larger imposters entangled deeper into BJP. What can be a good outcome is that it becomes a catalyst to throw away political correctness in the prevailing discourse. I shall take that happily anyday, even at the risk of VG being a fake Hindu leader.
About Sanjay Gandhi. Why do you just paint everything and everyone with same brush when you do not know much about someone? Not fair. The fellow might have been anything, but was not known to be a secular. Please read some accounts of Emergency. I recommend Jagmohan's account, now a BJP MP and ex-cabinet minister, he was a close ally of SG at that time. SG was known to be an open anti-Muslim, hated by mullas and seculars, and liked by (non-BJP) Hindutva types. Shiv Sena had close links with the fellow and Bal Thackeray in those days was never tired of praising him, nor is he today. Unlike others who simply talk about demographic invasion by Muslims, he went about doing something about it --he is alleged to have launched the systematic sterilization drive in UP and Delhi, targeting mostly Muslims. He demolished Old Delhi's Muslim Ghettos which used to breed and export yearly rioters. There was that famous picture of a bull-dozer at Jama Masjid. Shahi Imam's famous popularity and power was reduced to a joke by him. He had them all terrified. Till date he is most hated person ever of free India by Muslims of that generation. (Not that I support all that he did, just correcting your otherwise misinformed opinion -- he was not a secular of any kind, was not a muslim-appeaser like his elder brother or Advaniji).