@JournalismPk Bangladesh whose greatest achievement is reaching Champions trophy semi final (I mean fuck sake even Kenya reached odi semi final) want to be in the same table, and Pakistan cricket whose ass are battered 16 out of 21 times in ICC tournament want to dictate the tone. Fuck off.
Don't think Ruchika Sharma realizes this
She boasts that in 70 yrs, Hindutva side has not been able to produce 1 historian with a degree!
LOL, it doesn't prove liberals right
It proves liberals actively censor and keep out dissenters
Like Kim Jong Un getting 100% vote!
What Ruchika Sharma did on that panel wasn’t meticulous scholarship, it was rhetorical containment.
She kept insisting “Left and Liberal are different,” while speaking the exact language, priorities, and blind spots of the Left ecosystem:
– history as a closed canon
– legitimacy decided by who controls departments
– dissent reduced to “loudness” and “theatrics”
Her entire strategy was familiar:
shrink the question, then declare victory. 🙃
@jsaideepak wasn’t shouting or posturing. He was questioning the very premise that “Hinduism vs Hindutva” is a natural or neutral divide and asking who gets to impose that framing.
Instead of engaging that question, Ruchika retreated to definitions, credentials, and what she called “settled” positions. That move shuts down inquiry rather than answering it. That’s not dismantling an argument. Or winning a debate, That’s refusing to debate anything outside an approved vocabulary.
The irony?
She mocks the Right for “not producing historians,” I don’t even start listing the names…. She can do her own research….while her own work has faced criticism for overreaching claims that don’t survive basic source scrutiny. When that happens, suddenly the Left’s favourite words …peer review, nuance, context n go quiet.
So no, this wasn’t facts vs framing.
It was framing disguised as facts.
She didn’t dismantle the argument.
She refused to leave the comfort zone where her assumptions are never questioned.
And that’s the tell.
@ShangguanJiewen If socialism works how come China have 2nd highest number of billionaires? 450 billionaires. I thought in right socialist world Billionaires shouldn’t exist.
“Socialism works — just look at Scandinavia.”
That’s what they say. Free healthcare, free college, happy people on bikes.
And people lose their minds thinking that must be socialism.
Wrong.
Nothing in Scandinavia is free. It’s all paid for by capitalism — and 45% tax rates on everyone.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway don’t seize the means of production.
They’re capitalist countries with big welfare programs.
Markets are open. Businesses are private. Capitalism funds everything — then they tax the hell out of it.
Under socialism, the state owns the factories.
In Scandinavia, the state just takes half your paycheck. Big difference.
So when Mamdani and the socialists point to Scandinavia as their model, ask them why their policies look nothing like Scandinavia.
🇸🇪 Scandinavia doesn’t have rent freezes — Mamdani does.
🇸🇪 Scandinavia doesn’t have government-run grocery stores — Mamdani does.
🇸🇪 Scandinavia’s corporate tax rate is around 20% — Mamdani wants to raise ours.
Mamdani isn’t selling you Scandinavia.
He’s selling you socialism with a Swedish filter.
And New York just fell for the bait and switch.
@vizhpuneet@kunalkamra88 Reliance have a market cap of 19 trillion dollar and Ambani have a net worth of 116 billion. Just putting in context. Reliance industries creates an employment of 350,000. Imagine getting economic lectures from a guy whose background is in African studies. Sit down.
@Ijussdontcare I call this an absolute savage, being undefeated in the tournament, dragged Pakistan to the streets and slammed them left and right and raising a middle finger to the Mohsin Naqvi. Most satisfying celebration ever.
The Liberals are ordering Air Canada back to be work and placing binding arbitration.
Guess who owns a large portion of Air Canada stock??
Brookfield. And this by default... Mark Carney.
For people like Vir Das and John Abraham this is the perfect time for convenience activism. They have no problem eating goats, chickens or any other animals but suddenly show up to lecture you about empathy for the voiceless.
To them, some animals are food and some are just animals.
Food is a personal choice but you can’t switch boats whenever it’s convenient. Either be a true animal lover or eat guilt free just don’t lecture others with the hypocrisy of caring for the voiceless.