Our North American CHUD is likely a superstitious, landowning boomer who identifies with white nationalism and Christianity. I imagine the Chuds of other settler colonial areas have a similar profile (e.g. Brazil, South Africa, Australia). But to those who live/have spent time abroad, what is the local stereotype of a reactionary?

  • LibsEatPoop2 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Bhakt is the term for Hindu fascists. The term, when used normally, is for people who are religious, specifically in the Bhakti tradition where they pray to a God, sing hymns, perform rituals etc. Hindu fascists, far-right nationalists etc are called bhakts because of the way they do the same for Modi, the BJP, the RSS and all other such people/organizations.

    Consider Hinduism to be the only good religion (and consider other religions like Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism to be "basically a part of Hinduism"). Hate Muslims and attribute all the atrocities committed by previous Islamic rulers of the Indian Subcontinent to present-day Muslims. Also idealize all the different Hindu kingdoms especially the ones that fought against the Islamic ones (like Marathas).

    Re-appropriate freedom-fighters like Bhagat Singh who was an actual anarchist to being "pro-Hindu". Hate Mahatma Gandhi for all the wrong reasons (i.e. not for his conservative views on gender, sex, marriage, medicine etc; or for his very disturbing practice of sleeping naked with children...look it up). They hate Gandhi because he appeased Muslims and blame him for the creation of Pakistan. Oh yeah, they hate Pakistan. Like...really hate Pakistan. "Go to Pakistan" is their go-to retort to anyone who criticizes India/Hinduism/Modi etc.

    Also, they have a big hard-on for Nazis. The start of modern Hindu fascism is in Nazis and Italian fascism. But, they also love Israel (you can guess why). The far-right Hindus also never fought the British in the Independence struggle, because to them the actual enemy were the Muslims. They consider Indian Muslims to be invaders despite the fact that most have descended from people who were Hindus but converted to Islam and not immigrants. There is a big trend of "ghar wapsi" where they re-convert these Muslims to Hinduism. Also loathe "love jihad" i.e. when a Hindu girl becomes Muslim after marrying a Muslim man.

    What else...I'm sure I'm missing a lot. Oh yeah, they hate the Chinese and black people. Which, of course, also means racism against northeast Indians and south Indians (I only know about north Indian bhakts; there may be differences between bhakts/bhakt-equivalents from other regions). They wanna impose Hindi on all of India, along with a one true version of Hinduism (which is genuinely insane). A frequent discrimination tactic in housing is when societies or localities (collection of houses, apartment buildings etc) say they only sell/rent to vegetarians (which discriminates against Muslims as most of them eat meat). These societies/localities also don't sell/rent to bachelors, or if they do, then they don't allow male residents to bring home female friends, or allow female residents to be outside at night etc. This older, conservative mentality is a whole other topic though it frequently overlaps with the Bhakt mentality. Quite a few bhakts are also creationists (of course not the Christian kind).

    Like all chuds, they hate commies. After Muslims (they accuse all Muslims of being Pakistani agents), and China, their biggest enemy are all leftists, liberals (i.e. the "progressives" who support the neoliberal party, Congress - they are called liberandus = liberal + randu, which comes from randi, the Hindi word for prostitute). Also hate college students (targeting the more left-leaning universities like JNU). And all Indians who espouse "western values" i.e. speaking English, wearing t-shirts/jeans, support LGBTQ etc. On Valentine's Day, they go around finding couples and breaking them up, often also beating up the guys.

    Ok, I'm going to stop now, otherwise I'll just keep on typing.

    • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      God damn. My mum's ex was exactly like this. Skipped out on her and my little brother (his son) without a word too. Always got chud vibes off the guy, glad to know there is a type. So many loud arguments about Muslims.

      • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Please, this firsthand account into the Chudosphere is one of the most fascinating reads I've had in a while

    • UnironicWarCriminal [any]
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      4 years ago

      Lmao, these people are a mix of the zaniest American evangelicals circa 2006 and British gammons/BNP types. Absolutely incredible.

    • jerm [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Yes to all that. My friend Bhakti is less bothered by muslims, but thinks/believes/knows that He is superior to all women. He has enslaved his wife.