Narendra Modi's American Exceptionalism

[Speeder 2]

I completely understand what that is. It is not rocket science that only you would understand it. Your initial cries were baseless regardless.

This is what the article says- Like many Americans, Modi believes in national “exceptionalism.”

Again it is a comment on Modi and what he believes in, not a comment on India.

Americans have at least some fundation for claiming it, for the time being, since the US is currently universally recognised as the world's biggest economic and military power.

What basis Modi has? even the toilets are donated by Bill Gates.

Knowing the fact that you are clearly not that "exceptional" but claiming you are, particularly claiming it in public on such big ocassions, means Modi is either

1. an outright liar without any concept of shame, or

2. a delutional psychopath and sociopath , or

3. both 1 and 2.

 

[WAR-rior]

Mr Nirander Modi is another "Hitler" waiting to happen as per Orya Maqbool Jaan. Ye chawal khud to doobay ga, but apnay saath apni poor qaum ko le k doobay ga.

Kaun hai be tu? Kahan se aaya hai? Dimag ka dahi kar diya itna smart reply dekhake. Ha Ha.

 

[Developereo]

So after claiming initially in no uncertain words that "this article is not about Modi at all" and then backtracking it in between you finally admit that the author is indeed talking about what Modi thinks.

That comment was in response to YOUR post where you focused on that statement in the article.

Please learn to read English and understand the concept of context -- the context of my post in response to yours.

The fact remains that the core message of this article is to expound the notion of Indian exceptionalism, with a direct reference to American exceptionalism.

But i am enjoying your dance...

 

[Developereo]

The author seems to suggest Modi knows how USA works, which is why he is going to be a difficult customer as well. He does not compare Modi to JFK or MLK.. on the contrary he says Modi used all american icons because he is aware how to play the game.

(Compare him to a similar demagogue... say Ahmedinejad... who could have easily played the media game and checkmated US, but did not.)

There is no doubt that Modi is an accomplished politicians who knows how to play the crowd.

There are numerous articles praising/analyzing Modi, but my point was the, rather pointed and direct, reference to American exceptionalism, which is a very interesting concept in and of itself.

 

[jaunty]

That comment was in response to YOUR post where you focused on that statement in the article.


Please learn to read English and understand the concept of context -- the context of my post in response to yours.

The fact remains that the core message of this article is to expound the notion of Indian exceptionalism, with a direct reference to American exceptionalism.

But i am enjoying your dance...

Learn English? Typical smart alec! Have we been arguing in Italian so far? If anyone needs an English lesson it is you, who can't seem to understand a simple article.

Anyways I will let you have the last words. Your fragile ego needs it after losing the debate. People who have read this thread and probably you yourself know how your absurdity got exposed. So long!

 

[Developereo]

Learn English? Typical smart alec! Have we been arguing in Italian so far? If anyone needs an English lesson it is you, who can't seem to understand a simple article.

Anyways I will let you have the last words. Your fragile ego needs it after losing the debate. People who have read this thread and probably you yourself know how your absurdity got exposed. So long!

It's not me needing the last word.

It's me enjoying rubbing your face in your humiliation where you jumped into a debate, utterly and pathetically clueless about American exceptionalism, which is mentioned explicitly in the title of the article.

Call it sadism, but I enjoy humiliating people like you who are often at the forefront of attacking Pakistan.

 

[Cherokee]

This is second time in a week i am seeing @Developereo losing a debate . Previously it was in the Ben Affleck thread . Well done @jaunty .

 

[Developereo]

This is second time in a week i am seeing @Developereo losing a debate . Previously it was in the Ben Affleck thread . Well done @jaunty .

Ah yes.

A pronouncement from one of the most hateful anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan bigots on the forum.

Something on which to hang one's hat.

 

[Cherokee]

Ah yes.

A pronouncement from one of the most hateful anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan bigots on the forum.

Something on which to hang one's hat.

hahahaha . Thank you !!

 

[halupridol]

This is second time in a week i am seeing @ losing a debate . Previously it was in the Ben Affleck thread . Well done @jaunty .

that ben affleck thread is a gem,,,,this one has not reached that level yet,,,,,but i am hopeful

 

[DesiGuy]

This is second time in a week i am seeing @Developereo losing a debate . Previously it was in the Ben Affleck thread . Well done @jaunty .

he still hasn't given up on that thread though...
Gambit whipped his a$$ pretty bad. He is my all time favorite.

 

[Phoenix89]

So after claiming initially in no uncertain words that "this article is not about Modi at all" and then backtracking it in between you finally admit that the author is indeed talking about what Modi thinks. Man this is actually quite hilarious. You flip flop more than Mitt Romney did in the 2012 election campaign.

Personally I think Modi neither talked nor hinted that concept anywhere in the US trip. Modi did and does try to sell India by highlighting its strong points like he should but nowhere has he ever talked about exceptionalism. You may agree or disagree with the author but your attempt to somehow claim that the author is "trying to sell readership by stroking Indian egos and tapping into the Superpower India meme" is preposterous. Although I must say it does not come as a surprise to me, considering you have claimed the same thing about a dozen times before on this very forum about different publications including some Pakistani ones. Also most of us know this by now that you are a "perennial victim", so we except such statements from you.

"Superpower India" is a Pakistani concept anyway. That somehow gives you and the likes of you a chance to ridicule Indians. You would bring that up even when no one else is talking about it like you did here. I am yet to find a single "sane" Indian talking about it. Of course, there are "Zaid Hamid" equivalents in India too but I would have thought people with a bit of gray matter won't take them seriously.

Well, Can't have put this better than that. Sums Up the debate, Cheers.

IRONY, this forum has "think tanks" who only think in one direction.

 

[Developereo]

Americans have at least some fundation for claiming it, for the time being, since the US is currently universally recognised as the world's biggest economic and military power.

You are wasting your time.

These guys haven't got a clue what "American exceptionalism" is all about. They just jumped into the thread and are now trying to spin their ignorance.

 

[jaunty]

he still hasn't given up on that thread though...
Gambit whipped his a$$ pretty bad. He is my all time favorite.

Ha ha he is too much of an egotist to give it up, look he is still harping on the exceptionalism bit after getting his a$$ flogged, as if it was such a hard concept to understand that it needed a genius like him and even egging on a Chinese who just happened to pop in with an out of context post.

Old timers like us know that he suffers from the Urban Dictionary: Last Word Syndrome

 

[Contrarian]

You can feign ignorance -- and innocence.

That is to be expected because, to admit the reality of superpower delusions/aspirations -- on which this article feeds -- would be to invite ridicule.

The article is saying "India is the next America,and Modi is the man who will make it happen".

I am sorry but I read nothing of what you are implying.

I agree with Jaunty. More about Modi and about Indo-US relations instead of a backhanded way of pepping the people with 'India superpower theme'.

And before you repeat on the significance and context of the word 'exceptionalism', understand that if the article is meant to rouse Indians, then the article fails at it because a hundred percent of Indians would not understand it in any other way apart from its generic meaning.