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This is embarrassing, as I am opposed to homophobia, and I had hoped nobody would raise the subject of the man's orientation. What allows me the freedom to comment on your post is simply that you have put the matter in a context that is rational and is relevant to the question of the person's ideological orientation.
It is quite correct to say that the right wing conservatives are agnostic to sexual orientation, although that does not mean that they help to flatten the gross discrimination in India against diverse groups. But then, neither they nor the left wing have done anything to recognise and address Indian racism and racial bigotry. I have seen at close quarters how my African students were treated like inferior beings, ironically, in a milieu where I should have had the comfort that they would be completely protected by the racial openness of the minority religion that was a de facto majority there.
But to return to your argument, you are equally right in pointing to the automatic biases of the left, due, in part, to a feature that I would normally applaud; their secular outlook, but sadly, an outlook that finally results in over-compensation, to the extent .where the left feels it obligatory to do a Gandhi and pay obeisance to any regressive behaviour that the Muslim minority might adopt. The cases of Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasreen - the latter a terrible instance of distortion of constitutional safeguards and blatant violation of human rights - come to mind when you use that argument.
Granted that your premises are correct (devastatingly so), what are your conclusions? Are you saying that AIM is mainstream? When I referred to him as fringe, I was broadbrushing the Sangh Parivar as fringe. Otherwise, taken in the context of that Sangh Parivar, he is very mainstream, if that is what you are hinting at. At least the bloody man checks his facts carefully.
My question to you: where do we go from here? Do you agree with his conclusions? Do you disagree?
Welcome to PDF. Sadly, many promising new members have fallen by the wayside, and I wish you all the best. Be aware that you will be treated with circumspection at first, until your beliefs and values are clearer to all.