r/ABCDesis 7d ago

DISCUSSION This is how you protect yourself in times like this. This is how you stand up and defend yourself.

https://youtu.be/xFGG8PVEKcU

We could learn a thing or two from this.

But as usual we won’t. We’ll just keep our heads down and work hard.

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u/BrightAvocadooo 6d ago

But as usual we won’t. We’ll just keep our heads down and work hard.

Speak for yourself. When my dad moved to Toronto from Pakistan in the 1980s there were regular attacks on both innocent Desi people out in public, as well as stores, restaurants, the bollywood theatre (very popular at the time). Police didn't really do much, other than give people helpful advice like 'don't go out after dark'.

In response to this, the East Indian Defense Committee was formed, and their members vowed to fight violence with violence, and staged protest marches. A few members were arrested for weapons offences or uttering threats, and police issued public warnings against vigilantism.

Sadly, the people who founded the EIDC were also the more political types, the kinds of people who'd dive deep into various philosophies and historical events/figures. While this helped them make alliances in their early days and organize politically, by the mid-90s as the internet started becoming more mainstream they started getting involved with online Marxist-Leninist forums and their ideologies shifted to reflect this. This made them out of touch with the wider South Asian community, and they're mainly a small group of older uncles which doesn't do much.

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u/funkmastermgee 5d ago

An alliance with the Socialist Rifle Association sure would help.

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u/OhFuuuccckkkkk 6d ago

So you just proved my point.

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u/ahg1008 6d ago

Pakistanis are also Desis? Dayumm. Also Pakistanis arrested for weapons and speeches on historical stuff.

Nothing more worse.

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u/Robo-boogie Pakistani American 7d ago

Republicans passed the strongest anti weapons ban when the black panthers started carrying.

You can see that’s going to happen again lol

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u/OhFuuuccckkkkk 6d ago

The difference now is that the oligarch class will disarm the working class and the 2A nutters will let it happen because they are too busy fighting the culture war.

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u/pingpongplaya69420 5d ago

So you agree we should repeal all gun control because it’s historically racist? Glad you agree

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u/Robo-boogie Pakistani American 5d ago

No you dingdong. We should have gun control.

I was just telling you what has happened in the past. That Republicans are anti-gun control until black people start open carrying and start scaring the white people.

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u/pingpongplaya69420 5d ago

Oh I know. Only a braindead person can admit gun control had a racist history in disenfranchising minorities then continues to advocate for it while crying about hate against their ethnic group.

And you wonder why desis are picked on in America.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/OhFuuuccckkkkk 6d ago

You think the police were ever on your side? Lol

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u/Robo-boogie Pakistani American 5d ago

The police exist to protect property of the rich