The Communist Party of India (Marxist) used to have a mass base among West Bengal’s landless Muslim peasants. Today, their poor relations symbolize the party’s decline.
As a Tamil upper caste dude, the amount of blind hatred I see for religious minorities(Principally the Islamic community), is astounding. The justification provided for such rhetoric is heavily fascistic. Some of the rhetoric highlighted here is positively Strasserite. There is no justification based on facts for “Love Jihad” or “Anti-national” activities, nor is there any rational explanation for the discrimination faced by religious minorities, specifically Muslims. Side note, if you’re ever on a certain website with an alien mascot, never set your default country to India, unless you want to see a potent dose of fascist, majoritarian rhetoric.
With this said, as an atheist by virtue of my epistemology, I see harmful behavior across religions, enforced by the thought leaders of said religions. In my mind, this is simply a consequence of majoritarian default-ist attitudes. This is principally evidenced by the treatment of queer and neuro-atypical communities across the world, by members of all religions, despite what the explicit text of their religious books may or may not say. In the end, even if some religions support minority rights, they do so with the same epistemological incorrectness that is present in those members that discriminate against minorities.
In my mind, it then becomes necessary to teach not only the outcomes of science, but the process of and epistemological justification for the scientific method as well. However, as the systems of public education are in the hands of a state run by fascists and ineffective liberals, I highly doubt this will change any time soon.
As a Tamil upper caste dude, the amount of blind hatred I see for religious minorities(Principally the Islamic community), is astounding. The justification provided for such rhetoric is heavily fascistic. Some of the rhetoric highlighted here is positively Strasserite. There is no justification based on facts for “Love Jihad” or “Anti-national” activities, nor is there any rational explanation for the discrimination faced by religious minorities, specifically Muslims. Side note, if you’re ever on a certain website with an alien mascot, never set your default country to India, unless you want to see a potent dose of fascist, majoritarian rhetoric.
With this said, as an atheist by virtue of my epistemology, I see harmful behavior across religions, enforced by the thought leaders of said religions. In my mind, this is simply a consequence of majoritarian default-ist attitudes. This is principally evidenced by the treatment of queer and neuro-atypical communities across the world, by members of all religions, despite what the explicit text of their religious books may or may not say. In the end, even if some religions support minority rights, they do so with the same epistemological incorrectness that is present in those members that discriminate against minorities.
In my mind, it then becomes necessary to teach not only the outcomes of science, but the process of and epistemological justification for the scientific method as well. However, as the systems of public education are in the hands of a state run by fascists and ineffective liberals, I highly doubt this will change any time soon.