Good to be able to hash out leftist strains to counter reactionary hindu nationalists, etc.
EDIT: Also requesting c/jainism and c/sikhism (in addition to c/buddhism and c/hinduism requested in original OP).
EDIT 2: WTF these replies and the number of upvotes (except for some that seemed to be legit good faith)… No wonder POC don’t feel welcome on this site. Mods? @Beatnik @ScreamoBMO @EcoSoco @Uncle_Hoe @Gorn
EDIT 3: To those asking “How would these comms be relevant?”, asking this is kinda whack in the first place, because why would asking for a religious comm need justification to exist when there are other religious comms already existing? But just for those who do want “justification”, here’s a leftist podcast talking about Buddhism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/buddhism. As for Hinduism, it’s pretty obvious with Modi and his nationalist goons that it’s a relevant topic. Similarly, it is Sikhs who are risking their lives in the insurrection against the Indian government right now. Oh and one of the most important struggles against colonialism was heavily influenced by the non-violent philosophy of Jainism (i.e. Indian independence from the British). Like I said before, why I even have to justify this in the first place is mega whack, but there you go.
I think they’re mostly pushing back because the communities would be dead. The text channel I mentioned is pretty slow as-is. People who are religious at all are bound to be a minority on a far-left forum, and people who follow Eastern religions even more so on a primarily English-language forum. A single religion/spirituality/occultism com would generate more discussion than a series of individual subs.
This problem of niche coms is something that we see clearly with c/kurdistan and c/rojava. Instead, we could have a single com for Middle East news that would be much more active.
People who are religious at all are bound to be a minority on a far-left forum, and people who follow Eastern religions even more so on a primarily English-language forum.
Actually, with the prevalence of mediation and interest in Buddhism really poppin off these days, I’d argue that there would be more people in a comm like c/buddhism than c/christianity.
