8 minutes read

In the movie Vice there is an exchange between the characters, Bush, Addington, and Cheney.
“BUSH: We’re sure none of this fits under the definition of torture?
ADDINGTON: The U.S. doesn’t torture.
CHENEY: Therefore, if the U.S. does it, by definition, it can’t be torture.”

Now, whether this is just in the movie or a real conversation back in the days, it very much reflects the part of the American society which, over the decades, has drafted the designs for global domination. The pretext changes every decade depending on what is acceptable in the day, or how far the other sovereign country can be pushed. In today’s times, undermining a sovereign country such as India using traditional means of force, or using the smokescreen of human rights is not feasible, as India pretty much surpasses the US in the treatment it has meted out to its women and minorities for decades. Hence, a new bogey needs to be created which can be used to continuously pressure India.

Twitter represents that part of American society that wants to define the world order under the pretext of societal and moral superiority. Now, the Indian society, particularly the Hindus cannot be targeted per the traditional human rights criteria as they were the victims of Islamic invasions and then Christian British colonialism for over 800 years. Yet, the Hindus don’t have the sympathies of ‘woke progressives’ as Hindus have refused to be cowed down by the Islamists anymore, or to align with the radical left, or to play the perpetual victim card. Hence to tame the Hindus, and India, the ‘woke progressives’ need to manufacture a narrative and then amplifying the fault lines. ‘Freedom of expression, as prescribed by Twitter’ fits the bill perfectly. It enables all external forces to set a narrative that India’s democracy is not enough.

Twitter has actively controlled the narrative in the US already without being held accountable as a media house. As Trump and his followers didn’t fit in with the designs of Twitter’s world view, it showed the democratically elected ex-President his place by banning his account for ‘inciting violence’. While fixing blame for violence is the job of the judiciary, and executive, Twitter has of late become the sole adjudicator. And, it adjudicates as per its radical left ideological bias. Twitter allowed the profiles of those who aligned with the radical left and justified violence, but it took the moral high ground in banning the account of a democratically elected sitting President, because he was on the other side of the ideological divide.

Even French President Macron raised concerns over the unaccounted power that Twitter has exhibited towards changing the political narrative in countries. Twitter established the precedence domestically in the US and is now using it to unleash its neo-colonial designs to take on countries and ideologies that do not conform to that of Twitter and its backers. And, since Twitter is an American company, this grand plan of destabilizing countries will be presented as a great service to humanity, a fight against ‘fascism’.

After all, you cannot doubt the perception management skills of those who have defined the global order. In American society, it was okay to not give women voting rights till 1920. Then, it was okay to not give black minorities voting rights till the 1960s. But, back then it was easier to undermine other countries militarily so they didn’t need to present their ‘immaculate’ human rights record. So to bring ‘democracy’ to other countries all they had to do was invade and bomb those who didn’t fall in line. Today’s progressives are from the same school of thought which claims sole authority over defining the global order. It’s just that their pretexts for subjugating others have changed. Back then, the regime change wars were justifiable, and today subjugating India in the name of ‘freedom of expression via online platforms’ is justifiable.

Now the question is whether Twitter has attempted at changing the political narrative in India. The answer is YES! Twitter’s global and Indian leadership has exhibited its bias against Hindus. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey endorsed the demonization of Hindu Brahmins while cheering for the radical left. If he had tried this stunt against Islamist supremacists he would have undoubtedly met the fate of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists. Twitter’s India policy heads Raheel Khursheed and Mahima Kaul have both exhibited their hatred for Hindus and democratically elected Prime Minister Modi. Raheel spewed vulgarities at the Hindu community and gods during their pious festivals.

The bias at the top is reflected in the policy implementation. The radical left leadership ensured that while anti-Hindu propaganda remains an example of free speech, any criticism of Islam or radical left will be branded as hate speech. While Twitter took no action against Audrey Truschke for insulting Hindu gods, or against Swara Bhaskar for indirectly calling for violence, it was very prompt in banning the accounts of Kangana Ranaut for tweeting against the radical left and for responding to Rihanna’s propaganda tweet.

Twitter has allowed Islamists and Hinduphobes to run amok with their violent tweets, but immediately shuts down pro-Hindu handles when they retort to Islamists and leftists. A member of AAP asked for a Hindu-free India, an ex-Malaysian PM proclaimed that Muslims have the right to kill millions, and Muslim women tweeted against Hindu gods. While these tweets stay, Hindu accounts such as those of Sankrant Sanu get banned for retorting to these violent tweets.

Twitter was okay with Islamist Shehla Rashid’s tweet suggesting to tie BJP MP, Gautam Gambhir to the jeep for facing the stone pelters, but promptly locked another BJP MP, Paresh Rawal’s profile for suggesting the same to be done to radical leftist Arundhati Roy. Twitter didn’t stop here. It had the audacity to ban India’s Home Minister Amit Shah’s account last year without providing any reason.

Twitter’s objective is to change the political narrative in India, by suppressing the opinions of those who prevailed in the democratic process and amplifying the opinions of the radical left which has been thoroughly rejected in the electoral process. Any attempt to take on Twitter’s unhindered radical left agenda will be used to drum up the claims of fascism in India, and then use the manufactured narrative to justify anti-India and anti-Hindu policies in the west. Recently, numerous anti-CAA and other anti-India resolutions and protests were organized in the US, primarily in the cities controlled by the radical left or the ‘progressives’ as they call themselves.

The Indian government must show spine and ban Twitter to respect its electoral process and elected leaders. Any halfhearted measures such as fines or moving to Koo or punitive action against Twitter officials will make Twitter look weak momentarily but India should remember what Twitter did to Trump when he lost power. It should not worry about what leftist rags like the NYT and WaPo will write about the ban, as no matter what the Modi government does, the neo-colonialists will always be writing against them. The day the current government loses its grip over power corridors, Twitter will strike back and there will be no one left to protect the opinions of the Hindu society.

Twitter must not be allowed to position itself above the electoral process of India. If the Indian government doesn’t stand up to Twitter now, it would justify their neo-colonial designs under the garb of ‘Freedom of expression’.