Published 17:28 IST, November 19th 2018

Red-hot outrage over Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard in India. Read here

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s move to hold a placard that read “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’ did not go down well with the netizens. They turned against Dorsey on his very own platform, citing that his 'blunder' had caused offence to a section of Indian society.

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Red-hot outrage over Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard in India. Read here

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s move to hold a placard that read “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’ did not go down well with the netizens. They turned against Dorsey on his very own platform, citing that his 'blunder' had caused offence to a section of Indian society.

Dorsey, who is on a visit to India and has met PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Shah Rukh Khan, and others, participated in a roundtable with women journalists, writers, and activists to converse about the Twitter experience in India. A picture from the meet was shared on social media, which found the CEO holding the 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard.

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In response, the Twitterati shared their opinions -

Why @jack? Yes, patriarchy is a major problem which women in India are pushing back on a daily basis to the best of their capabilities. Why align with any group? Disappointed. https://t.co/vKoxrbq1ds
— Chitra Subramaniam (@chitraSD) November 19, 2018

That poster says ‘Smash Brahmanical Patriarchy’?

Why only ‘Brahmin’? Why not all patriarchy? Odd https://t.co/biVzxlszp5
— Amrita Bhinder (@amritabhinder) November 19, 2018

What a shame; How can people put such a hate poster and malign a community: @jack How can you as ceo of @twitter be party to this kind of hate? Shocking; this is @brahminphobia of the worst kind https://t.co/bWU0eBo9yG
— Mohandas Pai (@TVMohandasPai) November 19, 2018

See the poster held by Jack Dorsey Twitter CEO. Does he know the meaning of "Smash Brahminical Patriarchy"? If yes he should explain, or else apologise for such insinuation. Just because Twitter is popular & more freedom in India unlike China, he cannot get away with nonsense. pic.twitter.com/48Kh3JgF42
— Seshadri Chari (@seshadrichari) November 19, 2018

How about Smash Church Patriarchy? Shameless Hindu hating group. Hello Brahmins, prosecution under S 295 A is fully in order. Time to smash this hateful narrative by Evangelists. https://t.co/3eUyuMa4cP
— Sanjay Dixit संजय (@Sanjay_Dixit) November 19, 2018

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Why @jack? Yes, patriarchy is a major problem which women in India are pushing back on a daily basis to the best of their capabilities. Why align with any group? Disappointed. https://t.co/vKoxrbq1ds
— Chitra Subramaniam (@chitraSD) November 19, 2018

Dear @jack maybe your team didn't feel necessary to tell you this but the poster you are holding targets using the language of hate and violence people who constitute 5% or less of India's 1.3 bln ppl. If that's not hatred towards minorities, what is? Would you do this in the US? pic.twitter.com/z6OKFR82MT
— HindolSengupta (@HindolSengupta) November 19, 2018

I gave a piece of my mind to @jack , CEO of twitter, for his hate mongering poster against Brahmins.
I don’t care if he reads it or not, but it was important for me to take a stand and I did just that. pic.twitter.com/Qt2ncIE3YB
— Dr.Rupa Murthy (@ProudBhagavathi) November 19, 2018

SHOCKING! A "smash Brahmanical" poster on proud display during @Twitter CEO @jack visit to India. Is this demonology of Brahmins by foreign #BreakingIndiaForces acceptable? Is it hate speech?
— Rajiv Malhotra (@RajivMessage) November 19, 2018

Twitter CEO @jack has been seen holding placard written -smashing Brahmanical patriarchy . Well mr. Jack patriarchy is a concept of western origin and it doesn't prevail just in a single wing so stop provoking particular community .#baised #stophate pic.twitter.com/2fzwAjWF3X
— Sumit khajuria (@Sumitkhajuriask) November 19, 2018

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Updated 14:55 IST, November 20th 2018