Will People Now Boycott Windows? Microsoft CEO Says What's Happening In India Over CAA Is 'Sad'
Boycotting brands movies and celebrities has become a trend now. It takes one statement or advertisement for hashtags wanting the person or brand who made that comment to be boycotted to start trending on Twitter. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke about Indias controversial Citizenship Amendment Act CAA at a tech conference in the US.
Boycotting brands, movies and celebrities has become a trend now. It takes one statement or advertisement for hashtags wanting the person or brand who made that comment, to be boycotted, to start trending on Twitter. It has been done to death, so much so that people have started making fun of those who trend these hashtags. The cancel culture is now being cancelled.
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One wonders, if people boycott, movies, food delivery companies, e-commerce websites, soaps and computer software how do they plan to live their day to day lives?! It's absurd. What is actually funny is that, even though these people might claim to boycott these products, brands and celebrities, they continue to consume, use and watch them in their real lives. There is little conviction in the boycott culture.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke about India's controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at a tech conference in the US.
Asked Microsoft CEO @satyanadella about India's new Citizenship Act. "I think what is happening is sad... It's just bad.... I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India and creates the next unicorn in India or becomes the next CEO of Infosys" cc @PranavDixit
¡ª Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) January 13, 2020
He expressed his sadness over what's happening in India right now with respect to CAA, while maintaining that India has the right to protect its borders and define its immigration policy, just like any other country.
Official account of Microsoft India on Twitter posted Satya Nadella¡¯s statement.
Statement from Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft pic.twitter.com/lzsqAUHu3I
¡ª Microsoft India (@MicrosoftIndia) January 13, 2020
People on Twitter started making fun of those who are quick to boycott things and challenged them to do that with Microsoft. Satya Nadella is already trending on Twitter.
Ok Bhakts,
¡ª Dhruv Rathee (@dhruv_rathee) January 13, 2020
Time to boycott Microsoft and Windows now. Just be careful that you don¡¯t start boycotting windows of your house ? https://t.co/sl3cmKlr7i
Bhakt : send Deepika Padukone to Pakistan
¡ª Intekhab Alam (@Bhola4U) January 13, 2020
Deepika : I will come back under CAA
Bhakt : bycott CAA
Well, bhakts are boycotting him completely.
¡ª Dr. Uzma Razvi (@sane_indian) January 13, 2020
They had boycotted 'satya' long time back with fake news.
Now they are also boycotting 'nutella' !!
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All this comes in light of the hashtag trend #boycottChhapaak, after Deepika Padukone visited JNU to stand in solidarity with students who were the victims of a brutal attack.
Few more... ??? pic.twitter.com/dgYJUCaDcA
¡ª Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) January 8, 2020
People are also trending the hashtag #boycottAmazon, as there are sellers that are selling doormats with lord Ganesha¡¯s picture on it. Who is to educate these people that they should be actually boycotting these sellers instead of Amazon altogether? And now #boycottLux is trending too, as people are mocking others, egging them on to boycott the soap brand as its brand ambassador is Deepika Padukone.
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The point at the end of the day is that, boycotts will most likely never be taken seriously because of their sheer frequency and stupidity. People boycotting brands, products and celebrities for having different views than theirs only bring to front their fragile ideologies, which are threatened by the mere existence of an opposing point of view.
