sanjaykumar wrote:Westerners are many things but they are not naive.
Westerners have for some time been increasingly imprisoned under a Left-dominated media establishment.
Take a look at NPR, and their gratuitous dig at Modi (they know nothing about history of Sikhs and Hindus, but they know what conforms to their own preferred narrative)
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/11656988 ... ated-india
Sikhs are known in Canada by certain stereotypes: gangs drugs violence insurance fraud ghettos. They are mocked for being drivers and security guards or janitors.
It is not exactly fair.
But this a battle they can’t win. Part of it is of course they are like the hijab wearers. They other themselves by their appearance. You will notice many of these khalistanis eschew turbans. But if they whip themselves up into a frenzy, they will be back to wearing turbans. That will come as a relief to Hindus. They will not admit it but the fact is they do not want to be identified with Sikhs. It’s exactly like British Indians who definitely do not want to be identified with Pakistanis or Bangladeshis.
Canada's increasingly dominant Left have been increasingly embracing the Muslims and Khalistani Sikhs like Jagmeet, embracing their broader political narratives and conforming them to their own (eg. majoritarian chauvinism vs minorities, etc).
Just don't ask Khalistanis or Akhal Takht what they think about LGBTQ. While the young India-hater Jagmeet Singh embraces them, the more traditional types obviously won't do that.
When former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne, who is a lesbian, came to visit Amritsar years ago, Akhal Takht was unwilling to give her blessings out in the open, so they kind of smuggled her into their basement and took pictures with her there.
But the North American Left are increasingly desperate to hang onto power at all costs, so they will embrace any and all Vote Banks, even if these groups have beliefs which contradict each other. Politics makes for strange bedfellows, and the North American Leftists are now more than ever in a Mahagathbandhan marriage of convenience.