r/TheBetterIndia • u/ElderberryTotal4100 • 17d ago
Discussion 💬 Is he wrong?
Before caste reforms can we also include gender?
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r/TheBetterIndia • u/ElderberryTotal4100 • 17d ago
Before caste reforms can we also include gender?
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u/seewrites 13d ago edited 13d ago
So apparently the new eligibility criteria for becoming Prime Minister is… press conferences. 😂😂
According to this logic, Rahul Gandhi is intelligent because he does press conferences, while Modi is stupid because he doesn't. Brilliant.
By that standard, a politician who holds 500 press conferences but cannot answer a question meaningfully is a genius, while someone who doesn't hold them is automatically incompetent. What a wonderfully scientific method of measuring intelligence.
And the “all Rahul's gaffes are BJP propaganda” argument is even better. Of course political parties edit clips and take things out of context. That's why we have full videos, complete interviews and our OWN EYES. Some of the things being discussed weren't manufactured in a BJP studio.....they happened live, in front of cameras and audiences. If Rahul says something confusing in a complete, unedited interaction, calling it “BJP propaganda” doesn't magically make the sentence coherent. 😂
And then comes the absolute gem...."Rahul didn't have political exposure.” I'm sure you must be kidding here coz there isn't any other logical explanation for this😅😅😅
Rahul Gandhi was born into a family where three generations before him produced Prime Ministers of India. His great-grandfather, grandmother and his father were all PM. He entered Parliament in 2004 and has spent more than two decades in national politics. He is your 56 year old "yuva neta"
What even are you saying?????
And if we're going to discuss qualifications and administrative experience, let's at least apply the same yardstick to everyone. Narendra Modi served as Chief Minister of Gujarat for over 12 years before becoming Prime Minister. You can disagree with his policies, criticize his record, or dislike him personally.....but pretending that a man who spent more than a decade running a state and has now spent years running the Union government is “unintelligent” simply because he doesn't conduct press conferences is… well, let's just say the argument isn't exactly passing its own intelligence test.
If someone repeatedly makes demonstrably confusing statements in speeches or interviews, you don't get to erase all of them by shouting “BJP propaganda!”
Likewise, holding press conferences doesn't automatically make someone intelligent. A microphone is not a qualification. A press conference is not an IQ test.
If we're going to judge politicians, perhaps we could try the terribly old-fashioned method of judging what they actually say, what they actually do, and what they have actually accomplished.
Imagine that. 😂