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Team BlogAdda — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 06:17:00 +0000

In reply to Beloo Mehra. Thank you for this interesting point of view Beloo. It'll serve us better in the long run if we stop self flagellation and look for workable solutions :)

By: Beloo Mehra

Beloo Mehra — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 09:49:11 +0000

“As much as we condemn a horrendous crime, we need not participate in a meaningless act of collective self-flagellation that doesn’t help us figure out why such hate crimes happen. We need not participate in this self-righteous, morally superior display of collective shame. Why? Because such behaviour actually hinders the possibility of making any real progress, it only makes us artificially satisfied in our self-righteous wrath and disgust.
“It must be re-emphasised that not participating in this display of collective shame does not amount, by any logical stretch, to any defense or denial or justification or a tacit approval of a horrendous hate crime. It is, in fact, a strong reiteration of the truth that a crime is a crime and it must be dealt with under appropriate laws of the society. It should not become yet another opportunity to put a whole culture or nation or people to shame.
“But we should not stop at condemning and criticising. As concerned Indian citizens, we should try to understand a few basic things about this serious disease of identity politics.”

More on my blog: https://beautyishisfootprint.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/enough-with-the-collective-shaming/

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