Kannan (he/him)

anti-casteist. In perpetual savarna rehab.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

be a traitor to the dominant class you belong to

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

@KRManoharan thoroughly confounded sounds like a perfect destination 😁 thank you! 🙏

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

ngl. he ate.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

For all my BJP friends: unlike Narendrabhai, I am human. We do make the odd mistake and that’s what makes life interesting. Thanks for pointing it out and please do keep it coming, it really helps me improve. Love you all.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

judging the leader of opposition in an authoritarian regime by their ability to win elections, is a level of idiocy and disingenuity that i did not imagine guha was capable of, but here we are

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

Dear @ShashiTharoor , I enjoyed your spirited defence of Rahul Gandhi. Alas, it does not address the central thesis of my column and interview—his dismal leadership record. The facts speak for themselves.The Congress suffered heavy defeats in three successive General Elections fought under his leadership. Meanwhile, the number of Congress MLAs has come down by almost 50% under his watch.
In 2013, the Congress was in power in 14 states. That was the party Rahul Gandhi inherited. Now the Congress is in power in just 5 states. As the countrywide footprint of the party shrinks, surely its principal leader should be held accountable? Or is that a question too uncomfortable for the Congress to face?

[bonky @shesbonky]

the perfect corporate pride month ad doesn't exi—

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

@JesseBrown "needlessly speculative"

you spelt "disgustingly racist" wrong.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

you know you’ve internalized your 50s when you see a post that has the words “your parents” in it, and you automatically assume it’s not for you, but about you

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

when you realize that routines are actually rituals of devotion to yourself and your dreams, they become much easier to follow.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

@darvaxX @kapsology next time instead of blindfolding their eyes, simplybplace the blindfold over the book and ask them to read through it. exact same environment, but verifiable by an observer. then you'll know their bs.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

nadella says that making people addicted “is a non-goal”? enough said. in msft speak, a non-goal (a very specific and unambiguous term) is a feature you don’t specifically design for, but you’d welcome if the product ended up working that way.

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

I speak to people at Microsoft all the time, and if Satya knew anything about the mood at the company he'd know that they're absolutely miserable and hate his leadership along with the rest of his team. They love leaking stuff because they loathe the company

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

doing good things doesn't make you good.

doing bad things makes you bad.

#MoralFramework

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

and we all know numbers are a western construct (except zero - that is ancient indian greatness).

lhs = rhs. hence proved.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

@joeyp225 @darab_farooqui i think we should be approaching cjp more with suspicion than with grace. they need to clear a much much higher bar than similar earlier attempts (*cough*iac*cough*) and even some contemporary ones (*cough*tvk*cough*). we can’t afford to cut them any slack.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

this is how we do critical self-inquiry as a society. worth a read.

[Sarthak Dev @devellix]

Superb, as per, by @DiscourseDancer.

Read: https://t.co/Gl0tRu6M1H

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

lots of words, but it misses the main point - that all the talk against "corruption" sucks the o2 out of the much needed anti-authoritarian, anti-communal, anti-neocolonialism discourse, and that's a win for bjp. persistent and harsh criticism of cjp is crucial for progressivism

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

The Anti Cockroach argument is Stupid:

BJP, while in opposition, removed Congress using a people's movement, IAC.

And this is not my argument, this is what Congressis say.

And frankly there's enough evidence of it. Prashant Bhushan says it was propped up by BJP and RSS. A national committee member says it was stage-managed. Anna himself says his agitation is what catapulted the BJP to power.

Ok. Let's accept this as our foundational logic.

A people's movement was used by the opposition to remove the establishment. Works.

Now, today, the Cockroaches are another people's movement.

The logic should continue. Sustained, as before.

And the opposition, this time Congress, should use this movement to remove the establishment, this time BJP.

But the Congressis are saying: No, this is IAC all over again, it'll help BJP.

I mean, how?

IAC's anger pointed at whoever was in power. In 2011, that was Congress. The Cockroaches' anger also points at whoever is in power. Today, that's BJP. Same mechanism, opposite target.

For it to boomerang onto Congress, you'd need a clean outsider waiting to harvest it, the way Modi did in 2014.

So name him. Who is that outsider today?

Then they move to the pressure cooker argument. That venting it online drains the anger.

Except the first time people mock this government openly, the next, bolder act gets easier. That isn't a safety valve. That's a habit forming.

And trashing it doesn't convert that anger into votes. It just makes the angry resent your side too.

Then comes the last one: "it's secretly a BJP op."

Really? Then why is the BJP trying to strangle it? The X account blocked. Hacking attempts. Officials visibly spooked. Rulers don't suppress their own assets.

The moment you're parroting the government's own "it's a conspiracy" line, you're playing for the other team.

And here's the part you're missing entirely: your fear is self-fulfilling.

You say it'll help BJP, so you trash it, so only TMC, SP and AAP engage it, so whatever it delivers, it delivers to them, and then you say, "see, it didn't help us."

You manufactured the outcome you were scared of.

There is suspicion. Then there is paranoia. And then there is this.

Fate handed you a 20 million strong anti-Modi movement, and rather than absorb it, you're squandering an opportunity..

But the worst part is what you're actually doing to them. You're doubting millions of Gen Z because they sit online.

Online is their nature. It's their lifestyle, their relationships, their aspirations. Mocking a generation for living where it lives is not a strategy. It's a confession.

So all I'm saying is: hold on. You don't know what this is yet. Give it time. The cost of waiting is nothing. If it fizzles, fine, you lost nothing.

But if it doesn't, then suspecting it and sneering at it only makes you the thing Gen Z already laughs at. The boomer.

(And before someone calls me one, I'm Gen X.)

You're not protecting yourself from another 2011. You're losing an opportunity like 2011. A gift of fate.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

why do i get the feeling he is going to be solid cjp material?

[R @CrimsonScalpel]

Your favourite teenager turns out to be a technofascist.

[zellie @zellieimani]

“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.” -Assata Shakur

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

history hits different

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

"Saffron is the colour of renunciation" - do muslims, christians, dalits, adivasis, bahujans all treat the colour saffron as the colour of renunciation? a man who said பிறப்பொக்கும் எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் can safely be considered as the ideological opposite of saffron dharma

[Sumanth Raman @sumanthraman]

The colour saffron is not owned by the BJP. Saffron is the colour of renunciation, of sacrifice. Depicting the great sage Tiruvalluvar in saffron is NOT an insult.

[Kannan (he/him) @BlueJay102]

@ZainabBell657 it also works if you ctrl-c on one pc and ctrl-v on the other but you can't wash your hands in between