Report Id: 3130
Apr 06, 2017
Scroll Falsely Claims that "Upper-Caste" Hindus only practice vegetarianism to propagate a Caste narrative.
The article generalizes all Hindu vegetarians as "upper-caste" people who practice social distancing from the rest of society. It implies that vegetarianism is practiced by such people to maintain purity and separate themselves from the "lower-caste". The article also mocks Hinduism by saying that those Hindus who are vegetarians are prone to encouraging violence on humans in the name of protecting animals, especially cows. The article derides Hindus, claiming, "The morals of Indian vegetarians continue to be based less on compassion for humans and animals, and more driven by ideas of hierarchy and purity". This is abuse of the majority of vegetarians who do not segregate themselves from everyone else and who practice vegetarianism because it is a family tradition. The article is also quick to hint that only Hindu vegetarians do not have compassion for animals while non-Hindu vegans do,
Date of Incident:
Apr 06, 2017
Incident Type:
Media Bias, Bias, Bully, Distortion
Media Bias, Bias, Bully, Distortion
Perpetrator Name
Suryakant Waghmore
Suryakant Waghmore
Total Incidents of Media Bias0
No. of Abuse0
No. of Bias0
No. of Bloggers0
Media Bias over 12 month