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aspiring kleptocrat

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@Sturgeons_Law You and your friends have the same energy as all the nuts who started calling Ms Rachel anti Semitic cuz she declared babies in Gaza shouldn't be killed

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@Sturgeons_Law And you, mine! Please show a single shred of evidence where Vishal disparages minority communities in any of his tweets. If being sympathetic to Hindu causes makes you a Hindutvadi in your eyes, you're the one guilty of the xenophobia

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@Sturgeons_Law Vishal is an American who is focused on promoting and preserving Hindu culture in the US. 99% of his tweets stay in this lane. Not sure why he needs to worry about what the RSS does in India, a country he has no legal ties to (exactly what this specific tweet is talking about).

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@kaeshour @vjgtweets Good luck convincing Rohan from New Jersey, with a 2nd generation Asian girlfriend, his ivy league scholarship, Honda accord that he can actually use to get to where he wants to go, to go back to Marathalli and deal with all the nonsense over there

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@calm_sutra @Balancing_Actor Dai - where does the sign mention "pure" anywhere? Nonveg implies presence of meat, not absence of vegetables. And even the veg dishes presumably will be contaminated with meat

Of course the original sign was meant to provoke a reaction and you guys have all fallen for it.

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@Schandillia You're being deliberately obtuse. Non veg implies presence of meat ingredients, not absence of veg ingredients. The sign doesn't mention pure anywhere. Even the veg dishes are cooked in the same vessels as the non-veg dishes, presumably leading to contamination.

[Vishal Ganesan @vjgtweets]

I haven't been following the India protests that closely, but it seems to me that they reflect a basic contradiction in India's political economy that will naturally get more acute as the country grows economically. At a very basic level, the path to political power in India is through the rural poor and the farmers. This plays out at the central and state level, with governments at every level regularly extracting resources from surplus-producing urban areas to fund welfare for the hinterlands. As long as this basic political logic remains, Indian politicians will neglect the aspirations of the electorally insignificant urban middle class who form the bulk of the protesters.

The BJP has somewhat successfully bridged this divide through Hindutva politics: When it comes to economic policy they double down on rural development (water connections, electricity, welfare etc.) while pushing cultural and religious nationalism to satisfy the ascendant Hindu middle class that has the luxury of voting on ideological lines. But this is not sustainable in the long run. As the urban middle class grows, the demand for greater economic opportunity, a better standard of living, and the promise of a better future will naturally increase in intensity.

Retorts about the depredations of the Congress-era, even if true, are little consolation to the young who have only known BJP-led India. The reflexive tendency of BJP supporters to see protests as a "foreign conspiracy" reflects a basic inability to see the world through the eyes of others. That there are bad actors is no doubt true, but this does not detract from the legitimacy of the complaints about corruption, stagnation, urban misgovernance etc.

Modi and the BJP have spent years referring to their era of electoral dominance as a "golden age" of Indian economic and cultural regeneration. Turns out when you set expectations high, people will expect you meet them. Who would have thought?

[Piddy @PiddyPyro]

nobody wanted Arsenal to win the Prem because we thought their fans were gonna be unbearable and annoying, but whats ended up happening is everyone else has become completely unbearable instead, crying and belittling their achievements as much as possible just to fuel agendas

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@KarlreMarks The poor guy still hasn't gotten over Jürgen ditching his club

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@EmersMick @KarlreMarks And what we deserved was a premier league trophy? I'll take that 🏆

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@KarlreMarks @MaltLiquor Did your wife leave you or something?

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@alexfrco TBF that's as much of a pen as the Gabriel challenge on simeone

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@afcmax22 Conspicuous anti-consumption. Air pods and other wireless ear pieces are seen everywhere and are no longer cool.

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@lezico8 Lol in what universe is signing Julian fucking Alvarez and Anthony Gordon "moneyball"

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@fkhanage @LatteFirm That was the day I stopped watching any live coverage. Was up until 2AM watching that crap. Replaced squirming in front of the TV with squirming in front of https://t.co/ovSkzonkyZ and arseblog live blog for the rest of the season. 2 hours every week where nothing else gets done

[🍒 Cherries FM 🍒 @Cherries_FM]

AND WHAT?

YOU’RE WELCOME ARSENAL.

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@ani_ela_ You forgot Kallstrom

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@Jon_Mackenzie This version of football was designed to win the premier league. Whether he will double down or diversify will depend on how the CL final goes

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The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.