Facebook user’s apt reply to an insensitive post on Chennai floods goes viral
The Facebook user who authored the post has deactivated his account.
Chennai: The heavy rains that battered Chennai saw the triumph of human spirit during difficult times. Social media emerged as a hero of sorts, as people used twitter and Facebook to rally support online to coordinate rescue and relief efforts on ground.
There was mostly positive activity taking place online, however, some online users made insensitive remarks, causing much anger online.
One such user was Ashish Chaudhary, who posted this online: "I don't mind if Tamil people die, they never considered themselves as Indians, and then I ask myself, the land who do not accept our national language as their own language and prefer British English more in conversation to native Indians are asking for help from Hindi language people".
While many get away with such posts online, Ashish’s insensitive post was met with a befitting reply, that eventually led to him deactivating his Facebook account.
Facebook user Anusha Natarajan’s reply tore into Ashish’s post, sharply reminding him of facts versus his distorted vision.
Here is what she said: