Adi Shankara

You'll be banned within a week. If not sooner.

I like non-Western revolutionaries-Ho Chi Minh, Mao, Sankara, Allende, Che, Fidel, Chavez, Baghat Singh, etc. I hate reactionaries, non-Western and Western alike.

I never said that the population of Kerala was entirely secular or even mostly secular. But the democratically elected Communist Party of India(Marxist) is not religious at all. That you deny this is hilarious.
Just screaming racism is not an argument, btw. It doesn't help your pathetic straw men.

So, if Hinduism has all these egalitarian ideals that you claim it does, why is it that most of India is still so desperately poor, and New Dehli is the rape capital of the world? Why is it that the ONLY part of India that has largely abolished the caste system and where female literacy is almost on par with men is in Kerala, a province dominated by the secular Communists?
I put it to you simply- if the material world is an illusion, then poverty, being part of the material world, is also an illusion. This is an idiotic notion that transparently serves the rich, whether in Western or Eastern societies.
But because you fetishize Eastern religion and culture, to you that oppressive ideology is ok with you, since its just a curiosity for your enjoyment and you don't actually have to suffer from it. I think that makes it clear who is the real racist(and sexist, and homophobe).

lol, Mods hate me, will probably ban me. 1800--See if I give a fuck.

You youself admitted that you admit that all reality could be an illusion(why bother with class struggle then, if poverty is an illusion?), so its fine and dandy that you call me anti-materialist.

I'm anti-clericalist and against all religions-Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism(although religious people who emphasize class struggle, such as liberation theologians in Latin America, I consider allies regardless of theological differences). I don't single Hinduism out. You feel I'm singling it out because you yourself are an adherent and have swallowed copious amounts of their bullshit.
I don't give a fuck about what you or any other follower of Hinduism says about your religious faith, what I care about what Hindu religious institutions actually do, and that's supporting a horrendous caste system and oppression of women. The only people who have done anything to alleviate these conditions in India are the Communists, who are secular.
Yeah, and because Gandhi preached tolerance towards lower caste members and Muslims, he was assassinated by a Hindu fundamentalist. An exception which proves the rule.

You didn't check the source? Oh, how interesting. So I'm supposed to believe you just happened to randomly stumble on a homophobic Christian fundamentalist website, and then decided to use it as a source in an argument about gay rights.
Someone could 'accidentally' cite a neo-Nazi or KKK website with approval too. That would still get their ass banned. Your either an idiot or a liar, or some combination of the two.

I'm not a Trotskyist. I consider Trotsky to be a great revolutionary, but I support all revolutionaries that I think have merit. I try, to the best of my ability, to not be a sectarian.
And really, your accusations of racism are not even worth addressing. All your doing is blowing smoke to cover up your blatant homophobia and apologetics for reactionary religion. Is it racist to point out that Hinduism(which you proudly adhere to) supports a brutal caste system and the disgusting oppression of women in India? I don't need to know the sacred mumbo jumbo to understand what the reality of Hindu practice is in India. It's called materialism. You should try it some time. You showed your true colors when you attacked Baghat Singh.

Quoting a right-wing Christian fundamentalist website that reduces homosexuality to some sort of neuroses with approval is enough to convince me that you are not a leftist at all. You should be banned for that alone.
I'm sick of you apologizing for reactionary religions, just because their Eastern and 'exotic' to you doesn't mean they aren't brutalizing and oppressing huge numbers of impoverished people all over the world-something they never tell you at your yoga classes.
Seriously, just STFU you arrogant, abrasive child.