As Twitchy reported, Bobby Jindal has decided to withdraw from the 2016 presidential race.
And writer and entrepreneur Anil Dash thinks he’s pinpointed exactly why Jindal was destined to lose: He just wasn’t Indian enough.
The best year ever for Indian Americans in the public sphere continues with its latest victory. https://t.co/wMDbOftfQt
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
The truth is, @bobbyjindal was irrelevant from day one not just because he rejected an Indian American identity, but also our values.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
Where the Desi community in America is loving, supportive & inclusive, Jindal tried to run on being divisive and combative.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
Where the global Indian diaspora has a justifiably proud history of non-violence, Jindal tried to embrace policies of revenge and violence.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
Where the Desi community in America is loving, supportive & inclusive, Jindal tried to run on being divisive and combative.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
Where the global Indian diaspora has a justifiably proud history of non-violence, Jindal tried to embrace policies of revenge and violence.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
Where our community is taught, almost to a fault, to revere our parents and elders, Jindal does nothing but reject his own family.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
So why did @bobbyjindal fail so completely? Because he tried to appeal to "values voters", but has no values: https://t.co/eHMlQteyVF
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
Holy shit, game over. https://t.co/mdmpJcGTLh
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) November 17, 2015
This is the second time Bobby Jindal quit a race.
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) November 17, 2015
So, basically, Jindal blew it by not conforming to Dash’s stereotype of what an Indian-American should be — or think.
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/666770563939983360
https://twitter.com/HandPanzerWB/status/666762091303444483
Good question.
https://twitter.com/chadfelixg/status/666767925416697860
https://twitter.com/CardsFanTX/status/666766942343008256
https://twitter.com/IPAzRGR8/status/666771663065907200
Majorly.
It's funny how Anil Dash tries to hold himself out as some sort of leader for SE Asians. I doubt most of them know or care about who he is.
— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) November 18, 2015
And what values are they Emperor Of All Indians https://t.co/tKQDwahChd
— Ben (@hayesy316) November 17, 2015
Who is this "our," kemosabe? https://t.co/dRDKa0ae4e
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) November 18, 2015
I have a lot of Indian Americans in my timeline and I'm 100% certain your use of "our" isn't all-inclusive https://t.co/1vePNhtxRz
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) November 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/666762579272953857
@NathanWurtzel @anildash @BobbyJindal @exjon You sound like an asshole. I'm From India. My values line up with Jindal's quite nicely.
— Snitty delecto (@adeleshiv) November 18, 2015
Dash has this pinned to the top of his Twitter page:
Almost all of the time, people are awesome when you give them the chance to be their best selves. But it can be hard to remember that.
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) April 22, 2014
Racist jackwagon, heal thyself.
And other times, people are huge jackasses who insult members of their race when they don't conform to groupthink. https://t.co/piw9MT1RRF
— MLH ♥️ (@just_mindy) November 18, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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