Indian politician threatens to nuke Canada on live show : worldnews

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 94 points 1 year ago

I am glad that the rest of the world is finally finding out just how insane Indian politics is. There's a lot of fearmongering, grandstanding, and really stupid political stances going on in India, along with rampant human rights abuses.

You think Republicans in the US are insane? They've got nothing on what goes on in India.

[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Most Indians they have emigrated out of that shithole country will never talk about this kind of thing or any of the actual lawlessness, level of corruption, bigotry, and religious intense that happens in India.

I'm an Indian who's moved to the US and I'm pretty pissed off that the US openly welcomed Modi after the was banned for what he did in the riots in the early 2000s.

Hopefully the world gets to know the real India.

[-] prd@beehaw.org 38 points 1 year ago

Let’s not give republicans stretch goals ok

[-] blastofffox@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am an Indian and I request you to ignore the trash talk these insignificant politicians do on a "live debate shows" to get views for news channels. These notorious news channels pays "politicians" to come to their show to fight, get insulted, speak gibberish and anything that can be done to increase viewership.

Update: The person asking to nuke is a random dude, not a politician.

[-] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I am Canadian, and thank you for pointing this out. What a fucking mess, eh?

Hope you're doing well, and all this gets figured out soon.

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

i am not indian and i beg you to stop the cast system. stop supporting russia. grow up on the conflict with pakistan. any maybe even stop india it devs claiming to be able to develop proper software...it is always a framework wrapping a page or a template they copied at university. damn...indian devs drive me nuts

[-] force@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

your bio: age 14 years, she/they, bisexual, #stopputin, white american (i know, i'm sorry), slava ukraina!

genuinely if you think harassing a random indian online will help any problems india has you probably don't belong on the internet. there are 1.4 billion indians

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[-] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

Nuclear Gandhi has entered the chat…

[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

We're just living in a game of civ

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

Quick question: What the fuck dude?

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 year ago

Nationalism is a hell of a drug

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[-] Why9@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Why though? Why Canada?

India has its hands full already with China, and there's no ally to be found across their border with Pakistan either.

So what gives? Why go pick on Canada, just because a guy there wanted to entertain the thought of a sikh state free from India?

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago

Because Canada had the balls to say “yo why the fuck you killing someone in Canada?”

The absolute gall.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Possibly even a second guy, depending on what exactly happened to the guy in Winnipeg. Makes me wonder if just more and more of the separatist advocates are going to die in mysterious circumstances and India will keep boasting about it and threatening anyone who calls Modi out on it.

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because Modi solidifies domestic power by labeling any Sikh protestor as khalistanist (i.e. terrorist). Any whiff of separatism is a threat to his power. Canada just got in the way

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[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

India and China both understand that they aren't each other's greatest military rivals solely because the Himalayas make any large military action impossible. They also understand that they aren't each other's greatest economic rivals because their states of development complement each other.

[-] Im14abeer@midwest.social 33 points 1 year ago

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[-] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

The trouble is these actions are endorsed by Modi.

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[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago

What would happen if a non aligned country nukes NATO? I know India is aligning themselves with Russia or atleast the news is presenting it that way but. Would all nuclear armed countries nuke India? Would it cause Russia to Nuke the USA and vice versa or would everyone nuke India or only a back and forth between NATO and India?

[-] charliespider@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I don't believe there would be retaliatory nukes as that would just lead to further retaliation. India would quickly get cut off from international trade and financial systems and become a total pariah. Their only friends would be the other pariah states like ruzzia.

Now if the US got nuked there would definitely be military retaliation.

[-] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

No, it would be much, much worse than that. Nuking a country is a declaration of war and an unprecedented violation of the post-WW2 norms that have prevented global nuclear armageddon. If the nuked country is in NATO, then NATO will absolutely go to war. That's the whole point of NATO. NATO would probably not start with nuclear retaliation, but India would get invaded and/or be forced to capitulate. It would be like Japan after WW2. India would be forced to give up its nukes. Modi and other leaders would be tried as war criminals. Significant adjustments to the Indian constitution would be made. Permanent NATO bases would be established in India. Within a couple of years, India would be allowed to hold elections and self-govern again as a non-nuclear NATO ally, which would both protect it from Pakistan or China and make it entirely dependent on NATO for that protection.

[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised the other person is downplaying the consequences of a nuclear strike. If they actually followed through with this then India would be glass in thirty minutes

[-] charliespider@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I simply disagree. Canada has no nukes of our own so in order to "glass" India, one of the other nuclear powers would have to take that step which then opens them up for retaliation. I just don't know if I trust the commitment of other NATO countries to commit that hard.

Think about it, if India nuked Canada because we accused them of assassination, they will definitely attempt to nuke anyone else that attempts to punish them for that. Now if you're a NATO country other than Canada, are you willing to get yourself nuked as well? I just don't know if anyone else would put themselves in that position.

The reality of the situation is that India would never do something so crazy so it's pointless to speculate about what the response would be.

[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

The US would retaliate before the nuke even landed in Canada. The Monroe doctrine is still in effect.

[-] nathris@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Lol the US will invade not because they are our ally, but because they believe they are the only ones that are allowed to attack Canada.

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[-] charliespider@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Great response. I think everything you said is essentially the promise that NATO makes, but as I said to another poster, if India is going to nuke Canada because we accused them of assassination, they will definitely nuke anyone that attacks them. Canada has no nukes of our own, so we couldn't directly retaliate. Now if you're the leader of another NATO country, are you going to risk getting nuked for the sake of NATO? I just don't think anyone else would be willing to step up like that when the shit hits the fan. Think about it... are you willing to risk getting your country nuked for NATO? I just don't know.

[-] sneezymrmilo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Jesus christ how unhinged do you have to be to go on live television just fucking say that out loud? Actual loonies running the country there.

[-] vertigo3pc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Decades of elections and "leadership" across most countries means lots of places have lots of people who think they know what they're doing, but really don't. So they think being in power means threatening use of power.

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

"How dare you accuse us of murder? If you keep this up, we'll show you our peaceful ways by force!"

[-] xerazal@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 year ago

Can we fucking not? India. Dafuq.

[-] Harpsist@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

Further proving the authoritarian Indian government are very similar to the Kremlin regime

[-] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[-] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So hold up - does anyone have a better source? Who is this guy? What's his story? How much influence does he wield?

[-] rez_doggie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

[-] Armen12@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Man you people really just hate Indian people don't you lol

[-] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 76 points 1 year ago

I fail to see how sharing a news article about someone (supposedly) voted into political office threatening to use nuclear weapon on another democratic sovereign nation implies “we” (whatever the heck that even mean) hate the people of the country.

[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Dude’s profile has -400 score, nothing smart or notable in there. Probably farming for hate

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[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Bro I'm Indian and I FUCKING hate that country. If you resort to whataboutisms as a defense of the horrible shit that happens there then you're part of the problem.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My wife and her family are all from India and she always says she doesn't want to talk politics. My first time arguing politics with her family, they all started aggressively shouting, with her uncle even shoving me a little as they raised points that made absolutely no sense and my counterpoints were met with thinly-veiled threats. Finally, I was told that I don't know how anything works because I only knew what I heard on mainstream media, but they knew the truth because they "know these things." The only things I learned that day were:

Never argue politics with anyone who supports Modi
My wife is always right

ETA: When I asked if they were threatening me, they'd say no and that I don't know how to argue politics. I'm guessing this person threatening to nuke Canada in the same way you'll hear people say "I'll give you such a slap."

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[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

Just the Indian politicians who condones extrajudicial killings in a foreign country.

[-] PilferJynx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah. India needed to be called out on that. I'm wondering if there's going to be heated altercations between Canadian Sikhs and Indians.

[-] suction@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Relation?

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