Members have occasionally come out of the darker corners of the internet-for example for an event organized by ShitIndiansSay: “Shouting ‘Bol Aunty Aau Kya’ in CP”. Now politicians like Trump and Modi have made their entire careers out of it.” People have been sharing offensive opinions forever. “When a male member makes a pro-rape or demeaning meme about women I just ignore it or reply with an equally offensive joke on men and go about my day.” Mahmood justified her support of dank memes, saying “Most of us are decent people, some work for NGOs, almost everyone supports LGBT rights and equality for all sexes.

“We understand social pressing issues, but being triggered at everything isn’t the solution either,” said Maryam Mahmood*, a language teacher who felt her personal life would be “jeopardised” if she used her real name. In a country where there is one rape case registered every day”-it’s actually more like a hundred-“we cannot let this kind of slander against women go unnoticed.” I care about the impact they are having and the conversations they are starting. Kaur told me that “There is a bigger issue at hand than just some stupid boys making memes or some silly trolls typing abuses. Kaur messaged the page administrator reminding them of her right to file a complaint with the police’s cyber cell. In October 2017, a viral meme appeared, mocking student activist Gurmehar Kaur’s feminist stance, on a now defunct page called Squint Neon. Policing the boundary between hate speech and humour is a difficult task.

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