Social media was abuzz with excitement following the recent developments in Kashmir late night on Sunday which continued post-midnight. As circumstances appeared to escalate throughout the night, the ‘secular liberal’ sections of Indian Twitter suffered a terrible meltdown.
In certain ways, the meltdown even transcended that on the day of election results by a significant margin. The ‘liberal’ mask that some used to wear on social media fell off and the bigoted face that lies underneath became quite apparent.
AAP National Social Media Coordinator, Abhijit Dipke, joined Zainab Sikander in tweeting poetry that speaks of the destruction of Hindu idols.
https://twitter.com/abhijeet_dipke/status/1158061805765181440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Barkha Dutt appeared to be saying “This can’t be happening” in nearly every tweet of hers.
https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/1158093700162936833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
People, who under ordinary circumstances, consider the glorification of the Indian Army as hypernationalism made no effort to hide their great love Kashmiri separatists.
https://twitter.com/arnav_d/status/1158086751933440000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Freelance protester Shehla Rashid belted out a tweetstorm where she claimed that “India has turned Kashmir into a black hole”.
https://twitter.com/Shehla_Rashid/status/1158114681875075072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Then, there were the special breed of liberals who blamed Indian nationalism for the plight of Kashmir while completely forgetting the Islamist terrorism sponsored by Pakistan that has been going on there.
https://twitter.com/AdityaMenon22/status/1158113017650802688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
While people all over India watched the developments with anticipation and trust on the decisions of the government they have elected with an overwhelming majority, the ‘liberal’ cabal appeared to be in a world of their own. Tacit support to Jihadist ideology while attempting to undermine Indian nationalism has, of course, always been the hallmark of liberals.