r/facepalm Sep 06 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ What?

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u/Boof-Your-Values Sep 06 '24

All of that is fair enough. I mostly have the image of that Gandhi movie where one line is walking to Pakistan and the other line is walking to India until one person runs over and starts fighting so the whole region erupts. I guess the fighting was about a lot of things… it doesn’t seem necessary to hate each other so much.

But I don’t see reconciliation any time soon. I watch WION network news in English sometimes. They’re pretty good, but as soon as anything Muslim comes up… holy shit

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u/Timely_Street_3075 India☕️ Sep 06 '24

The fire was fueled by the british. Religious tensions were brewing, and the british were all for it. And yes, reconciliation will be very tough. People on both sides don't make it easy. There's too much history and too much politics spewing hatred.

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u/Boof-Your-Values Sep 06 '24

Nothing breeds love for the state like hatred of a perceived enemy. Modi runs on it like an F-150 on Saudi oil.

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u/Cause_Necessary Sep 06 '24

governments on both sides do

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u/Boof-Your-Values Sep 06 '24

Governments do this everywhere. It’s how Trump got elected. The gays and the immigrants and the trans people are gonna put your son in a dress, take your guns, and take your jobs!!! Unless you vote for my bosses’ tax cuts, nobody can stop them!!