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urbanevol t1_iy84gtq wrote

It's only mentioned obliquely in the article because it would be speculative, but this points towards Hindu nationalists rather than the typical white supremacists or Islam-haters.

Similar to the bulldozer at the India Day Parade in Edison, NJ earlier this year that was meant to intimidate Muslims:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/nyregion/bulldozer-indian-parade-new-jersey.html

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WhittlingDan t1_iy9ozub wrote

But they are trying to stir up distrust and hatred of Sikhs here. What type of people might they be trying to stir up? Its not the loving and accepting community members but the ignorant and already hateful.

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Time_Yam301 t1_iya55or wrote

Sikhs are a tiny minority of people from the Indian subcontinent. I don't think anyone really has a solution to the seemingly endless religious conflict that was seemingly made only worse by the partitioning of the country. If Muslims and Hindus can't get along, Sikhs are probably easy for both to hate, if they even think about them.

It's weird it's happening in the US though, I will admit that.

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DicmoVolant t1_iy856ul wrote

A racist sign about Pakistan is about Hindu nationalists?

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urbanevol t1_iy85ls5 wrote

It's not directly about Pakistan. It's about a Sikh separatist movement to form an independent nation of Khalistan. This movement is banned in India after a lot of violence in the 1980's but support for Khalistan still exists (a lot of it overseas among Sikhs in the US, UK, and Canada). Some Hindu nationalists believe Pakistan is funding Khalistan separatists to undermine India.

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WhittlingDan t1_iy9p72m wrote

Violence... you mean the (attempted) genocide of Sikhs by the government of India?

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Soggy_Hamster_4524 t1_iy8ksio wrote

It’s not a belief when there is already evidence. Go on google and search “Pakistan funding Khalistan” Also isn’t it funny that the federal agencies would support one freedom movement but not other ones like Palestine? It’s like they only care about things when it fits with their narrative

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the-crotch t1_iy8rclf wrote

> isn’t it funny that the federal agencies would support one freedom movement but not other ones like Palestine?

or brexit, or Scottish independence, or Basque independence, or Quebecois independence. It's not about freedom, it's not about right or wrong, it's about what directly benefits them.

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WhittlingDan t1_iy9s5rs wrote

Was George Washington a terrorist? What if you asked the British back then? One persons freedom fighter is another persons terrorist.

The government of India Committed genocide In the 80s against the Sikhs and the Sikhs have wanted independence since. In 2018, Connecticut Assembly passed a resolution that recognised the killings as a genocide. Jewish people got a state after the Holocaust, which was good however it came at the expense of the Palestinians. Now Israel treats Palestinians horribly and depending on who you ask also a genocide. The US government supports what they consider to be in the best interest of the US as a whole but many politicians equally if not more so do the bidding of the oligarchs since this countries birth. Christians in America blindly support Israel because they believe a Jewish State necessary for the return of Jesus and will do whatever it takes. They don't however care about any of the people. Ask a Christian where all the Jews that died in the Holocaust are? Ask what will happen upon Jesus' supposed return?

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Soggy_Hamster_4524 t1_iy9uomd wrote

Also the Jewish people didn’t get a state because of the holocaust the British elites masquerading as Zionists did they were plotting it since the 19th century and they used the Jewish people to help themselves and now they are using the Jewish religious extremism to make themselves even more powerful by controlling people with an ideology

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Soggy_Hamster_4524 t1_iy9v6ss wrote

Also yes it is terrorism when India is accepting of all people and many many diverse groups live there with our problems but just like I mentioned it’s religious extremism and a small group using to gain power themselves this is becoming a major problem all around the world you cannot compare that to George Washington who was trying to get freedom for everyone regardless of their religion. Sikh religious nationalism is just as bad as Hindu nationalism because it’s a theocratic government that won’t give freedom to everyone

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Soggy_Hamster_4524 t1_iy9twyy wrote

“The US government supports what they consider to be in the best interest of the us as a whole” it’s sad that people really believe this as if politicians aren’t just trying help themselves and further the interests of the people/organizations that they are shilling for

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