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Caste-ing the first stone
« on: January 24, 2024, 05:08:48 PM »
Blimey. Make sure your irony meter is on its highest setting

https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/01/hindu-group-threatens-secularists-with-police-over-offensive-talk

A Hindu charity has threatened to report the Leicester Secular Society to the police over a talk about the Hindu caste system. You're not allowed to discriminate against Hindus by pointing out that their caste system is highly discriminatory.
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Re: Caste-ing the first stone
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2024, 06:52:31 PM »
Eejits

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Re: Caste-ing the first stone
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2024, 10:45:13 AM »
Also, I had no idea that caste was a thing in the Hindu community in this country. I ought to be shocked, but somehow I'm not surprised.
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Re: Caste-ing the first stone
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2024, 03:01:42 PM »
Blimey. Make sure your irony meter is on its highest setting

https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/01/hindu-group-threatens-secularists-with-police-over-offensive-talk

A Hindu charity has threatened to report the Leicester Secular Society to the police over a talk about the Hindu caste system. You're not allowed to discriminate against Hindus by pointing out that their caste system is highly discriminatory.
It's a pity the Leicester secularists don't pay as much attention to the similar British class system. But then again it is secular and I suppose OK.

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Re: Caste-ing the first stone
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2024, 03:11:54 PM »
It's a pity the Leicester secularists don't pay as much attention to the similar British class system. But then again it is secular and I suppose OK.
  It isn't secular.

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Re: Caste-ing the first stone
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2024, 03:47:55 PM »
  It isn't secular.
The British class system isn't acted out in secular contexts? Do tell.

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Re: Caste-ing the first stone
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2024, 03:51:34 PM »
The British class system isn't acted out in secular contexts? Do tell.
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Re: Caste-ing the first stone
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2024, 05:23:11 PM »
It's a pity the Leicester secularists don't pay as much attention to the similar British class system. But then again it is secular and I suppose OK.

Fuck off. The British class system is nothing like the caste system.
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