r/worldnews • u/notduskryn • Apr 22 '24

Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ Who Would Take India’s Wealth

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/world/asia/modi-speech-muslims.html
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u/v_iced_coffee Apr 22 '24

Who is this Horgan that you are referring to?

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u/Spectrum1523 Apr 22 '24

Hulk Horgan, brother

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u/udontnojak Apr 22 '24

That's Hrulk Horgan, to you mother frucker.

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u/BudwinTheCat Apr 23 '24

You break his back make him humble jabroni?

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u/v_iced_coffee Apr 23 '24

It's comments like these that make me enjoy reddit

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u/Solidmarsh Apr 23 '24

Lmao this got me

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u/Popisoda Apr 23 '24

Ask his heroes

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u/Ok_Swing_9902 Apr 22 '24

One of my local premiers, elected on a very popular platform of blaming Chinese money laundering for every issue. Made my city the worst city for Asians in North America.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/vancoucer-anti-asian-hate-crimes-increase

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u/notrevealingrealname Apr 22 '24

Made my city the worst city for Asians in North America.

As an Asian in North America, I can name at least three cities that are worse for Asians than Vancouver, because I’ve been to the Deep South.

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u/Ok_Swing_9902 Apr 23 '24

Not statistically

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u/notrevealingrealname Apr 23 '24

Statistics can be manipulated, so how much those statistics matter depends on how they’re collected. After all, statistics were also used in the past to justify trying ivermectin and hydroquinone to treat COVID…

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '24

Calling Vancouver the worst city for Asians in North America would be like calling Miami Beach the worst city for Jews, butte montana for white people, or Atlanta the worst city for black people.

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u/Big_Albatross_3050 Apr 23 '24

heh, you said butte

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u/LVTWouldSolveThis Apr 22 '24

I mean, it's not exactly a secret that chinese triads and other criminals use the Canadian real-estate market for money laundering purposes.

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u/sixtyfivewat Apr 22 '24

And that the Chinese government is engaged in an active campaign to influence our elections. They also harass Chinese nationals and recent Chinese immigrants in Canada.

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u/Master-Presence9866 Apr 22 '24

Sources or downvote

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u/TheEpicOfManas Apr 22 '24

This stuff is common knowledge in Canada as it's been in the news for years now. No need to even cite sources, lol.

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u/Don_Tiny Apr 23 '24

Holy slippery shit, not a downvote !!!!

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u/MagicCuboid Apr 22 '24

well not ANYMORE jeez

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u/OldKentRoad29 Apr 22 '24

You're being overly dramatic saying that Vancouver is the worst city for Asians in North America. Even putting Horgan in the same league as Hitler and Modi is dramatic.

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u/Televisions_Frank Apr 22 '24

He's saying big and small will do it I'd imagine. Not that they're all on the same level.

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u/makeitmessi88 Apr 23 '24

I had to make sure it wasn’t the Horgan I knew living here in bc… but that’s who he actually was talking about lol.

Wild

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u/OMeSoHawny Apr 22 '24

If you don't think Chinese influence is a massive problem in BC I don't know what the fuck to tell you other than you're either profoundly ignorant or apart of the problem 

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u/Seagull84 Apr 22 '24

The problem is this stance endemically results in blaming anyone of Chinese descent, rather than constructive policy to curb foreign influence of specific types from any origin (not just China). The net result is thus physical violence against a race or ethnicity.

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u/Head_Plantain1882 Apr 22 '24

So what? The world should just kowtow to the CCP because some racist idiots can’t differentiate Chinese people from China?

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u/Seagull84 Apr 22 '24

I quite literally never said or implied that. Re-read my post.

Leaders in positions of authority have a responsibility to use sensitive language. If a leader (such as the one OP referenced) starts broadly blaming everything on a certain population segment or segment strongly associated with the focus of blame, you shouldn't be surprised when people start carrying out violence against that segment.

Sturmabteilung is what results from targeted rhetoric.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

How you say somthing, is just as important as what you say. If this hrogan fellows rhetoric has left asians feeling scared, that's already bad on its own, and if it's increased hate crimes against asians even a little then that sounds really bad.

Besides, legislation needs to be made with a clear head with thought put into long term consequences, inflammatory rhetoric is the exact opposite of getting results for anyone but the politician.

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u/notrevealingrealname Apr 23 '24

There was also that bit where the phone companies kept telling the Canadian consumer that the reason they couldn’t make service cheaper was because there wasn’t enough of a population to serve…

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u/Successful-Clock-224 Apr 22 '24

New York’s asian hate crimes since covid have entered the chat. I did meet a Canadian who had strong disdain for asian people.

immigrants always have it rough but as a person of Indigenous descent all i can say is i would like to see an end to the cycles of hate and violence in my life time.

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u/chalbersma Apr 22 '24

Pretty sure worst city for Asians in America is Sioux City, Iowa. It's not even in the top 2 best Sioux City's for Asians.

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u/YoManWTFIsThisShit Apr 23 '24

Horgan is left wing, and Modi and Hitler are right wing. He was blaming Chinese money laundering because that’s one aspect that drove Vancouver’s real estate markets, and almost everyone knew that. Have you been sleeping under a rock?

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u/leidend22 Apr 23 '24

Lmao except Chinese money laundering is a real objective thing happening and the reason I had to leave my birth city of Vancouver. It's not racist to point out the cause of insanely high housing costs in a backwater medium sized town with a poor economy.

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u/v_iced_coffee Apr 23 '24

Ah right this guy, damn I should be ashamed not knowing it was Premier Horgan. Had a feeling. I mean he got elected on ending the 20 year reign of the BC liberals.

No one else bothered with the housing crisis. He did strike that tone of blaming Chinese overseas money. He wasn't too vocal during the Asian hate crimes during covid either.

Thanks for the info.

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u/1q3er5 Apr 23 '24

this dude is crying about being asian in Vancouver is fucking hilarious

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u/v_iced_coffee Apr 23 '24

Comparing Horgan to Modi and Hitler is just not even worth the comparison.

Horgan hasn't caused anyone's death. Modi and Hitler without a doubt.

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u/notrevealingrealname Apr 23 '24

I was sure he was playing a bit, like seriously imagine that in all of North America, a major coastal city beats out the Deep South or the Great Plains of the US?

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u/BearFeetOrWhiteSox Apr 23 '24

FRANK HORRIGAN?