Mother tongue versus English Vinglish: when slogs fed by Pol-Ticians crawl across playgrounds and parks
mother tongue vs english vinglish: When the slogans raised by pole-ticians crawl across playgrounds and parks
He says that people are being polarized. No middle ground. That is a complete refusal to accept the second opinion. Well, I completely disagree with anyone holding this or any other opinion that disagrees with my own.
The whole controversy started with the politicians usually behind almost everything ending in haha. Left wing always slid more left on slippery issues, while right wing almost slid to the right off the graph. The hitherto unknown population, which remained in the middle, had to quickly choose sides, and immediately entice them to both sides, and shout the slogans that the Pol-Itchians fed them. Sitting on the fence was in danger of hanging like a kebab.
Then, of course, it spread. Utopian vs dystopian. Arrangement-marriage vs love-victory-all. Those who glorify the past versus those who look to the future. Life vs Choice. Pineapple Pizzatarian vs. Purist. West versus East, North versus South, and those who said we were all the same were dragged by their anti-national centres.
It penetrated school grounds and playgrounds and parks. mother tongue vs english vinglish, Clockwise jogging vs. clockwise jogging. The uncle and aunt got into a fight over the monkey cap vs the muffler. The white-haired aunts vowed to die before they shared the bench with those who died.
Apparently, it also slipped into homes. There were people who loved pets, who went into prospecting for pet hunting. Those who wanted slippers outside the door versus those who threatened to throw those slippers in the east. Those who fried the fish smelled bad and those who lit incense sticks caused an asthma attack. Those who wake their neighbors up with early morning prayers versus those who wake them up with late night parties. People who talk loudly in the elevator versus those who won’t say hello.
No middle ground. Because there were those who demanded a middle ground for children to play football, who sequestered it for silent sums. And who wanted babies to trample on you when you’re breathing through the diaphragm? Versus Why not do yoga in your own home? Versus How do I do when someone is learning to play the drums on my head? Versus he can never learn because of bollywood movies that there is some oof bang all day. and upper-floor residents who shovel litter down less than lower-floor residents who use water pressure.
Everyone has a strictly inflexible opinion that will not tolerate someone else’s opinion. Why be tolerant? Just take a side. heads or tails? Versus Why do we still need coins?
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