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This targeting of 'Sanatana Dharma' is not some unintentional semantic misunderstanding, but a gradualist strategy of making Hindu concepts and practices controversial.

A perfectly innocent and good thing like thread and portraid it as controversial. (No, it is not restricted ot brahmins)

Here are some more examples:

The New York times had an oped saying the saari was extremist.

The Atlantic had an editorial making out Amar Chitra Katha comics as bigoted. This when they go out of their way and release comics which portray Jesus as divine etc. Whereas any literature directed to Christians or Islams portrays 'pagans' which includes H

There was a claim that Christian rosary is appropriated like yoga can easily be seen to be false as using prayer beads/rosary is a tradition more than thousand years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Rosary

Outrage-bait posts on appropriation expose the basic lack of information that Hindus have on which Christian efforts are causing severe damage. Catholics, much less the Eastern Orthodox Church, are nowhere near the frontier of missionary efforts. Indeed, even Catholic countries in South America are being converted by American evangelical churches.

Criticizing 'devil-mongering' is valid. But the important pa

As you can see, unlike the subs for other major traditions, there is a ban on politics posts in this sub.

The reason is not that we are supposed to be only interested in spiritual topics and ignore politics. In fact, Hindu texts, especially the Mahabharata go into great detail on dharma related to politics. Not protesting injustice is also a paapa.

Also, there are urgent challenges facing Hindus, which require constructive efforts from the community.

However, there was a good reason behind the ban on political posts, which happened roughly 5 years ago. (though there were informal bans before too). The sub quickly filled up with ragebait posts diplacing the other topics AND the ange

In the back and forth on this argument, extreme stances "Hindus have to be vegetarian" tend to be countered with other extreme arguments glorifying pashu bali.

However, what can't be emphasized enough is

1. Animals(goats, chickens) are definitely sentient beings and experience pain. Unlike many other traditions, which tend to doubt that animals have souls, Hindu/Buddhist/Jain teachings don't doubt this and in fact, we were such animals in our past births.

2. Committing violence by killing is a bad act of karma and has definite repercussions, for not just the butcher but also the yajamana(for whom it is being done).

3. There are occasions in the shastras both Vedic and Tantric where pash