We the People
Read about the jostling and shoving Priyanka Gandhi, and other ladies had to undergo at a midnight march being held by RaGa in protest against the Kathua and Unnao rape cases.
Everyone started shoving her and others around to get selfies. These were people who had joined a protest march to show solidarity with women and stand for "justice". Actually, sorry that would be the fluff piece version. Most of the people there were not there in anguish and despair, they were there so they could capture smug faces of theirs with either Priyanka or her brother, post it on FB or any other social media network, with hashtags like #womenequaltomen #standingagainstrape #metoo or some other bs, then sit eagerly and compulsively check their phone every 45 seconds to see the number of likes and comments garnered.
If they'd have been there to honour the memories of the victims, and stand for justice (boy that's become a popular word), they wouldn't have behaved like teenagers hopped up on ariel pods or whatever is the new fad. THEY DIDN'T CARE. No one cares, till it happens to them. So were these people from "BJP" or "Congress"? Were they part of an indifferent government, or an even indifferent opposition? No, they were citizens, they were Indians.
We're in a country of more than a billion people, the concept of personal space, much less respect is alien to us. We're constantly jostling for space, trying to kick the other out (a land dispute is what supposedly lead to those pricks behaving like pricks) and inch a little ahead. Drive and stand in line to pay the toll, walk on the road, stand in a queue at a railway station, and that's what you'll see.
People pushing others around, people using whatever "influence" they may have, to skip a few places in the line, or the line altogether, people thinking it's ok to shove another human being, or grope, should the mood arise. And you know what is the issue, we don't raise our voices, in fact, we do the exact same thing to another person who we assess to be a lesser threat. Why, stand at a tea stall to get some tea, and some idiot who's taller will reach over you to ask for stuff he wants, like you're invisible.
So let's not pretend to be outraged, let's behave in a way which shows respect to another being, human or not, male or female or third gender, stop that first instinct you have to judge anyone, to ignore them because they're in front of you, because the moment you do that, you're somehow placing yourself in a superior position that allows you to justify your behaviour towards that person. Now for some that behaviour is limited to comments and sniggering behind your back (level 3 on the asshole scale) and for some, they think they have an absolute right over that being and can defile them in whatever way they please (level 74567890 on the asshole scale). And if you see anyone doing that, speak up.
Oh and yeah the asshole scale has unlimited scope, because we do shit that surpasses previous shit we've done every single day.
Everyone started shoving her and others around to get selfies. These were people who had joined a protest march to show solidarity with women and stand for "justice". Actually, sorry that would be the fluff piece version. Most of the people there were not there in anguish and despair, they were there so they could capture smug faces of theirs with either Priyanka or her brother, post it on FB or any other social media network, with hashtags like #womenequaltomen #standingagainstrape #metoo or some other bs, then sit eagerly and compulsively check their phone every 45 seconds to see the number of likes and comments garnered.
If they'd have been there to honour the memories of the victims, and stand for justice (boy that's become a popular word), they wouldn't have behaved like teenagers hopped up on ariel pods or whatever is the new fad. THEY DIDN'T CARE. No one cares, till it happens to them. So were these people from "BJP" or "Congress"? Were they part of an indifferent government, or an even indifferent opposition? No, they were citizens, they were Indians.
We're in a country of more than a billion people, the concept of personal space, much less respect is alien to us. We're constantly jostling for space, trying to kick the other out (a land dispute is what supposedly lead to those pricks behaving like pricks) and inch a little ahead. Drive and stand in line to pay the toll, walk on the road, stand in a queue at a railway station, and that's what you'll see.
People pushing others around, people using whatever "influence" they may have, to skip a few places in the line, or the line altogether, people thinking it's ok to shove another human being, or grope, should the mood arise. And you know what is the issue, we don't raise our voices, in fact, we do the exact same thing to another person who we assess to be a lesser threat. Why, stand at a tea stall to get some tea, and some idiot who's taller will reach over you to ask for stuff he wants, like you're invisible.
So let's not pretend to be outraged, let's behave in a way which shows respect to another being, human or not, male or female or third gender, stop that first instinct you have to judge anyone, to ignore them because they're in front of you, because the moment you do that, you're somehow placing yourself in a superior position that allows you to justify your behaviour towards that person. Now for some that behaviour is limited to comments and sniggering behind your back (level 3 on the asshole scale) and for some, they think they have an absolute right over that being and can defile them in whatever way they please (level 74567890 on the asshole scale). And if you see anyone doing that, speak up.
Oh and yeah the asshole scale has unlimited scope, because we do shit that surpasses previous shit we've done every single day.
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