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> The children have been questioned for 4-5 days at a stretched and a parent has been detained without being named in the police report illegally.

Where is your source for this? The linked article states: "Three times in the six days, the Karnataka police has questioned children" and "a student’s mother and the school’s head teacher were arrested on sedition charges".

> this nationalist government

This appears to be a slur of some sort. What kind of government would you want for your nation other than a nationalist one?

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Of course you wan't a government with the nations interest at heart. But I don't think the phrase is just a slur.

Governments that are described as nationalist have a tendency to find enemies within its own borders by claiming that a subset of the population aren't true nationals because they don't originate from the country or because they don't share some cultural norm.

Just as a hypothetical... Is it possible for a minority within a nation to be hostile to the majority? And if so, how do you propose to deal with the issue of having a fifth column within your borders?

Is it possible? Yes. But that doesn't make it a "fifth column". The country is not the majority, it's everyone. Maybe start dealing with it by looking at why the minority is hostile, and creating a country where they feel included rather than excluded.

You are shadowbanned. You might want to do something about that. (you can begin by increasing the quality of your posts. posting "You just posed a question no socialist can truthfully answer!" lowers the quality of the discussion)

Probably not by arresting children for sedition.

>> this nationalist government

>This appears to be a slur of some sort. What kind of government would you want for your nation other than a nationalistic one?

given that this incident seems to be sparked by the children's opposition to the anti-muslim legislation, it's safe to assume that "nationalist" really means "hindu-nationalist".

Could you tell me how the legislation is anti-Muslim?

I am a bit hesitant to engage with this comment. I am not sure whether it comes a lack of understanding of what Nationalism actually means, in which case education will consist of reading history, or wether you understand what it means and think it is appropriate to turn a secular country into a Hindu nation and disenfranchise hundreds of millions of non Hindus.

Nationalism has (and this is getting quite political) a shameful and ugly record in history. It is not something to aspire to nor is it an ideology you should find particularly appealing.

Obviously you have neither been following the news, or understand what happens when nationalist governments come into power.

Perhaps the poster you are replying to wants a patriotic one instead? Or progressive? Or a hundred other labels?

Nationalism in all its forms is abhorrent.

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