What started as an expression of opinion turned out to be a major war of words for Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, when she reacted on meat ban.
What started as an expression of opinion turned out to be a major war of words for Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor. The ‘Khoobsurat’ actress, famous for her unabashed opinions and uninhibited way of expressing them, took to Twitter to condemn the recent meat ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on the occasion of a Jain festival.
Sonam Kapoor shared an article from a news portal and wrote on Twitter:
“Our country is going to remain a 3rd world nation because of the intolerant misogynistic close minded few. ”
Our country is going to remain a 3rd world nation because of the intolerant misogynistic close minded few. https://t.co/JcIDEC3gQE
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
The tweet didn’t go down very well with the twitterati as few of them didn’t concur with Sonam’s idea of calling the ban misogynistic.
Sonam Kapoor, however, defended her stand and said that what she said was actually a critique of the general mentality and not exclusively about meat ban. She also rued the fact that it was mostly women who called her ‘bimbo’ and not just the men.
Check the tweets below:
@mithunkoppal no it doesn’t moron
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
@Poulastya I was talking about our general mentality not only related to one ban!!!
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
@imimiselfi it’s not only about the ‘meat ban’ sir it’s a critique about the general mentality..
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
@PeppiWomaniYo was talking about the general mentality that is expressed in the article that I posted which is not exclusive to banningmeat
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
@Bunga_Bunga_69 this is the exact misogynistic mentality I was talking about.. Name calling doesn’t make you smarter.
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
Before being judgmental assholes. What I said was a critique of the general mentality .. Which is not exclusive to the banning of meat.
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
And the saddest thing about this whole thing is.. That it’s mostly women who are calling me out on being bimbo. Guess it’s not only the men!
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
Popular author and writer Chetan Bhagat, journalist Barkha Dutt, actress Monica Dogra and others tweeted to show their support to Sonam.
@sonamakapoor I think you are incredibly witty and smart. Rock on with your bad self 😗 …. Just sayin 💙
— Monica Dogra (@Shaair) September 8, 2015
Even she is getting slammed for having non-partisan, non-religious view about freedom. Glad she holds her ground. https://t.co/I0iUekKgiD
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) September 8, 2015
@sonamakapoor because they have nothing logical to argue with you. And u scare them. For they r afraid to speak their mind unlike you.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) September 8, 2015
Dear @sonamakapoor they come after you not because they think you mixed meat with misogyny but because they are bullies. Ignore !
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) September 8, 2015
@sonamakapoor, I second Barkha’s view https://t.co/ggjlrDSJow
— Milind Deora (@milinddeora) September 8, 2015
And we wonder why Bollywood stars don’t take positions on issues that matter! We tear them down for having opinions. https://t.co/xjSag8Vh95
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) September 8, 2015
There were some Twitter users too who supported Sonam Kapoor’s views.
@sonamakapoor u cant share ur views here..Welcome to India..😂😂
— Sameer Khan (@Sameer_Khan07) September 8, 2015
Everything wrong with India is summed up in the replies @sonamakapoor is getting on twitter #whyarepeoplesostupid #omgyad
— HK (@h___khan) September 8, 2015
So retards we people be.. A post misunderstood and people forget the main issue and @sonamakapoor starts trending. Kudos Janta (y)
— Sourav Sharma (@souravsharma_33) September 8, 2015
At the end, Sonam Kapoor retraced her steps and said that it’s better she stuck to fashion and brands only as that is what she is known for.
Well I guess it’s back to talking about fashion and brands.. Lol
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) September 8, 2015
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