Thursday, September 25, 2025

Wrong and racist.

"In his comeback appearance on US television, Jimmy Kimmel...went on to make clear he would refuse to be cowed by his critics, chiefly Donald Trump." "In fact, being at the center of a storm about free speech seems to have hardened his resolve." BBC. Diametrically opposite and in an extraordinarily inexplicable judgement, "Karnataka HC dismissed...a petition from Elon Musk's X Corp against content takedowns, ruling that American free speech standards can't be transplanted into Indian constitutional thought and no global platform can evade the nation's laws." TOI. One of the posts cited by X Corp was, "Written in 2023, the short message from an account with a few hundred followers described a senior politician as 'useless'." Business and Human Rights. "A petitioner who seeks sanctuary under its (Indian Constitution) canopy must be a citizen of the nation, failing which its protective embrace can't be invoked," the judge said. This is so shockingly wrong and egregiously racist that all citizens of India should hang their heads in shame. In March 2025, an Israeli woman was gang-raped and an American man was pushed into a lake in Karnataka, probably intending to kill him. BBC. Are we to understand that, since all laws emanate from the Constitution, and these victims were foreigners, they have no right to expect justice in India? Article 14 of the Constitution states, "The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or equal protection of the laws within the territory of India." It says "any person", not any citizen. Secondly, if X Corp has no rights because it is a foreign company, why would any foreigner want to invest in India? Thirdly, X Corp carries opinions of Indian citizens. Article 19 states, "All citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression (indiacode.nic.in)," although the State has been allowed to restrict any speech that harms the security of the State, to maintain public order, decency or morality, or "in relation of contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence." Calling a politician "useless" does not violate any of these conditions. Moreover, a politician is merely elected representative "who is then expected to follow the will of the people." Britannica. They are most definitely not our masters. The Constitution explicitly states that "All laws in force in the territory of India immediately before the commencement of this Constitution" shall be void. However, Section 124A was introduced into the Indian Penal Code by Thomas Macaulay to punish disaffection against the British monarch. blog.ipleaders.in. This odious law is still in effect and "disaffection towards the Government established by law" carries life in prison. epw.in. The government uses its majority to bulldoze malicious laws through Parliament. Three new criminal laws and a Telecom bill were passed when the Speaker of the Lok Sabha suspended 100 opposition MPs and 46 opposition MPs were suspended from the Rajya Sabha. The Wire. Surely, the Parliament lacked the requisite quorum? A tyrannical government and a pliant judiciary makes India a fascist state. That's why techies go to temple for their American Dream. Is India a nightmare?     

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