The Indian-American community raised the issue of growing online hatred against India and Indians and sought answers from Elon Musk’s X as to why such hate comments are being allowed on the platform. American journalist Matt Forney recently called for violence against Indians and Indian places of worship — veiled as a prediction– and deleted the post. Now, social media commentators, apparently from the US, are attacking Vivek Ramaswamy’s children because of the GOP leader’s Indian origin as a massive movement against Ramaswamy is taking place inside MAGA.
‘Vivek’s children are feral’
A post with photos of Vivek Ramaswamy’s children went viral with the Indian-hating commentator saying that Ramaswamy who bashes American children is miserable in raising his own children who have ‘awful facial expressions’. “They are feral,” the disrespectful post said. Matt Forney chimed in with his filthy post, where he said Vivek Ramaswamy probably threatens his children that he would smack them like a “brown parent”. While Ramaswamy is facing strong resistance from inside the MAGA for his upcoming Governor election, many commentators called out the targeting of his children. But haters, provoked by Nick Fuentes, are crossing all limits now.
‘No coming back from this’
Indian-origin techie Jitin Pillai reacted to the attack on Ramaswamy’s children and said there is no coming back from this level of low. He said the Indian community does not even have as much presence or influence in the US as it is made out to be. But this level of hatred was unthinkable a year ago, he said. “I know the natural instinct of many Indian Americans is to dismiss this outright, and at times even refuse to acknowledge this rising hatred under the garb of some freedom of expression. I hope this cohort is able to see the slope vs intercept. If there is a time for course correction, it’s now. Democrats will not always be your friends,” Pillai said.Neither Ramaswamy nor his campaign commented on the targeting of his children yet.