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India police detain students gathered to watch BBC documentary on Modi

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Modi's basically acknowledged that this BBC stuff is a big deal. Now I feel compelled to watch it.

You should. It’s well produced and informative and contains a lot of on destination interviews.

Me too. Hello, Streisand Effect, always fun to see you again.

This is why I'm glad we have the 2nd amendment. It levels the playing field for individual citizens vs. the government.

Not really.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act

>> "The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit.[2] Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black Panther Party who were conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, in what would later be termed copwatching."

Permitting, of course, was notoriously inequal along lines of segregation like most things then and many things still today.

There are so many things happening right now that these armed defenders of rights should be showing up for that they aren't. Leftist gun owners showing up to protect libraries is about it.

Lol no, random groups of ppl with assault rifles would not be able to do anything against the US military if it came doen to it.

What's an "assault rifle"?

India has full on communist guerilla groups fighting the modi government with no 2nd amendment. In the past 200 odd years of "gun rights", Americans have never been able to overthrow the same ruling that founded this country despite multiple attempts with both legitimate and illegitimate grievances.

https://archive.is/90QVZ

The BBC is accusing Modi of committing genocide in an incident that started with the other side burning 59 pilgrims to death. India is right to block what is a naked piece of propaganda made a foreign state.

BBC does a significant amount of research and investigation before releasing these types of documentaries - to protect their journalistic integrity.

You labeling it a propaganda means that you're probably deflecting (borderline projecting your thoughts).

It's foreign state media that's been caught falsifying footage and known to have intelligence assets from both the UK and US working there. Even British people occasionally complain about partisanship. You can call me as many names and grandstand about their nonexistent "journalistic integrity". Doesn't change the facts.

Ok Mr. Bhakt

You live in a democracy. If you hate your government organize against it. Siding with foreign agitators only makes you look like a neoliberal pawn and delegitimizes your position.

You also have a brain. You can watch the documentary even if it is propaganda and draw your own conclusions.

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