I'm back after almost 3 months and I found it appropriate to rekindle my passion for BJP bashing in this comeback! Recently, I had this cyber showdown with a Narendra Modi worshipper on facebook and it got a bit ugly. He was a typical cyber-BJP supporter and believe me, the quantity in which cyber-BJP maniacs post their crap on the net, it seems the population of India is lesser than the number of such people!
However, I have observed something recently. There are two distinct types of cyber-BJP maniacs.
Type 1: Trolls: I hope I don't have to explain what a troll is, anyway, check this link: Troll, only read the first 3 definitions. Check the web fora or newspaper sites of any country, the trolls are almost always right-wingers. Same is the case with India. Sometimes I wonder if BJP sponsors these nutcases to spread their foolish propaganda over the net or hardcore fans of the BJP, by their nature are just acting themselves. The impact of such cyber-maniacs can be seen through annoyance of pro-liberals like Vir Sanghvi, Sagarika Ghose, Ranvir Shorey, etc... they are inundated with abusive, illogical rants, especially in their twitter accounts. In fact, Sagarika Ghose coined the term "Internet Hindus" to describe them.
Type 2: Logic Abusers: Sometimes logic can be a tricky thing! It can be used (read abused) to get caught up in semantics and drifting from the main topic in hand. For example, the person I mentioned in the introductory paragraph somehow agreed that Narendra Modi in some way, could be held responsible for the post-Godhra carnage but fingers should not be pointed on the individual but on the system as it was a 'systemic failure'. He also used some more fancy words like 'retributive effect' which I didn't seem to get as I'm not good with semantics beyond a point! Although trolls largely outnumber such logic abusers, such logic abusers do make their presence felt and keep smartly diverting from obvious truths. Arun Jaitley, the biggest logic abuser in the country would be proud of them!
Although, there is one thing common between the two types. They automatically assume anti-BJP people as Congress-supporters or Hindu-haters. Why can't they seem to understand that there are many people like me who are not much in favour of the Congress either and have nothing against the Hindus? In fact I am a Hindu!
I guess abusive rants and diversionary logic are the only recourses to support fascism.
