Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba siKhathazeke ngakumbi ukuba iTulsi Gabbard inokuba ikhuliswe kwiNkcubeko?

Kulula ukubhala iTulsi Gabbard. I-congresswoman yaseHawaii kunye nomongameli we-2020 unethemba lokuvota malunga neepesenti ezimbini ukuya kwintsimi enabantu abaninzi, kunye neengxolo malunga naye irekhodi elibi kumalungelo esini kwaye Izikhundla zomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle ndimenze wathengisa nzima ngenxa yabaninzi. Nangona kunjalo, ungumntu onomdla: umfazi webala (ungowaseSamoa), igqala, kwaye wazichaza njengesiHindu - ilungu lokuqala lenkongolo ukwenza njalo. Kodwa ukwahlukanisa.

UGabbard ukhe wabonwa njengenkwenkwezi ekhulayo kunye neegusha ezimnyama kwiqela leDemokhrasi, kodwa ugcinwe inkxaso eyaneleyo kwiphulo lakhe lokufumana ingxoxo elandelayo kodwa akafumananga ngqwalaselo okanye ukujongwa esidlangalaleni ngabagqatswa ababonakalayo. Kodwa kwiveki ephelileyo, xa ekuqaleni uGabbard wayechasene nemibuzo yokunyhashwa kukaMongameli uTrump (ukusukela oko utshintshe isikhundla sakhe ) wambuyisela kwingxoxo-kubandakanya nexesha lakhe elidlulileyo kunye nobuntwana obomelele kwiqela elithembekileyo, inkolo yamaHindu echaphazela inkolo abaninzi abachaza njengehlelo.

UGabbard wakhuliswa eHawaii ngabazali bakhe uMike Gabbard noCarol Porter Gabbard. Wazalelwa eAmerican Samoa ngaphambi kokuba bafudukele eHawaii, wayefundiswe ekhaya, ngaphandle kweminyaka emibini efunda kwiiPhilippines awayengafane athethe ngazo. Utata wakhe wayekhonza kwindlu yombuso yaseHawaii ngaphambi kokuba uTulsi alandele kwaye bobabini bakhankasela amalungelo abo abathandanayo njengamanye amaqonga abo. Ngokwengxelo egqwesileyo kunye nobunzulu nguKerry Howley, epapashwe kwiNew York Magazine, UTulsi Gabbard wayenomntwana ongaqhelekanga kakhulu impembelelo enzulu kuwo onke amaGabbards yayiliqela elaziwa kakhulu njengeSayensi yeSazisi.

Inzululwazi yesazisi yasekwa kwiminyaka ye-70s ngumntu omhlophe ogama linguChris Butler njenge-off-shoot of the wide Intshukumo ye-Hare Krishna, , ohamba ngegama elikhulu likaJagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa. U-Butler wakhula ngokulandela okulandelayo eHawaii, kwaye umbutho waphenjelelwa ziimfundiso kunye neenkolelo zakhe. Ukucaca, uButler kunye nenkampani azichongi njengesiHindu kwaye imigaqo yeqela kukudityaniswa okuhlangeneyo kweefilosofi ezahlukeneyo kunye neenkolelo zikaButler. Ngokutsho kwephephancwadi laseNew York:

U-Butler wafundisa ngokutya inyama, i-conservatism yesondo, ubungqingili bomzimba wengqondo, kunye nokungakhathali kwilizwe elibonakalayo. Wafundisa ubufanasini, ukuthandabuza inzululwazi, kunye nobungozi bezikolo zikarhulumente. Wayenxulunyaniswa noHare Krishna, kwaye eneneni wathi wanikwa igama lakhe lesiSanskrit, uSiddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa, ngumseki wombutho weHare Krishna, kodwa ngethuba edibana neGabbards, wayesele eqale elakhe iqela. Iimfundiso zakhe zajikeleza kunqulo lukaKrishna kodwa zahlukile kwezo zikaHare Krishna, kuba wayalela abalandeli bakhe ukuba bafunde kumphathi omnye kuphela - ngokwakhe.

Intsapho kaGabbard. ngokodliwanondlebe nodadobawo kaGabbard nabanye, bebeyinxalenye yeli qela, kwaye kusenokwenzeka, phakathi kwezinye izinto ukuba nefuthe kukatata kaGabbard owayenemikhwa yokulwa nobungqingili kwiminyaka yoo-1990 xa wayekwindlu yowiso-mthetho yaseHawaii. Unxibelelwano lukaGabbard noButler kunye nabazinikeleyo kuye kwabuzwa iminyaka emininzi, njengabazali bakhe ‘. Ngokubanzi, utata kaGabbard ubanga ukuba ungumKatolika kodwa uyavuma ukuba uyamazi uButler, Ngelixa umama wakhe wayengunobhala / uNondyebo wombutho kaButler kude kube ngo-2000 .

Ingxelo kaTulsi Gabbard kukuba iimbono zakhe, ngakumbi anti-gay kunye nezinye iimeko, ziye zavela kule minyaka idlulileyo, ngakumbi emva kwenkonzo yakhe yasemva kwe-9/11 emkhosini. Kodwa ngaphaya konxibelelwano lwabazali bakhe, uGabbard uhlala ebotshelelwe kwaye ngenxa yoko unokuchaphazeleka yiSayensi yeSazisi-kuba iqela kunye noButler basekhona kakhulu. Umyeni kaGabbard, u-Abraham Williams ukhule kunye no-Gabbard kwisazinge seSazisi, kwaye amanye amalungu omkhankaso wakhe aqhagamshelwe kwi-Butlers, kubandakanya u-Sunil Khemaney, othi amanqaku e-New York Magazine aqhuba ishishini elinomfazi ka-Chris Butler, kunye namalungu angaphambili. Kweli hlelo bathi ngumntu wasekunene ka Butler. UGabbard uphinde wanyula umnini wevenkile yezokutya okukufutshane neButler njengaye intloko yabasebenzi .

UGabbard uyayivala imibuzo malunga nexesha lakhe elidlulileyo kunye nokunxibelelana noButler, uhlala ebiza olo hlaselo ngamaHindu-phobic. Ukucaca: esi sihloko kufanelekile ukuba siphandwe hayi ngenxa yokuba uGabbard echonga njengesiHindu, kodwa ngenxa yokuba iqela elinefuthe kubomi bakhe lisaziwa njengehlelo. Ukuzinikela kwindoda enye, uqeqesho kunye nolawulo kunye neembono ezininzi ezigqithileyo uChris Butler espouse ilingana nenkcazo yehlelo kakuhle, kodwa ligama eligcweleyo. Ulwabiwo lwazo lweemfundiso kunye neemfundiso zamaHindu, ezidityaniswa nokuzonda kwabo abantu abathandana bodwa (homophobia) kunye nokuhlonipha kakhulu ubuzwilakhe kuhambelana, nanjengempembelelo yeqela elinjalo kwinkokeli eyonyuliweyo.

Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba u-Tulsi Gabbard ayisiyiyo yedwa ingqungquthela okanye umgqatswa kaMongameli onamaqhina kumaqela anemiphetho. AmaKristu asisiseko, izithethi ezikhuthazayo zobudala obutsha kunye nokuxoka, oosomashishini abangaphumelelanga bonke bakwizikhundla ezahlukeneyo zamandla okanye babalwela. Akukho nkqubo yodliwanondlebe kwiofisi kawonke-wonke engafanelekiyo kumalungu enkolo okanye kwi-assholes eqhelekileyo yabantu abathandana besisini esinye, njengoko sinokubona kuyo yonke imbali yaseMelika.

Xa uMongameli wethu wangoku ephantsi kwempembelelo ye-NRA yecawa kunye noozwilakhe abangoozwilakhe, ingaba usapho lukaGabbard ludibana nabantu abathandana nabantu abathandanayo abathandanayo abathandanayo abathandanayo abenza iHare Krishna? Inokuba kufanelekile, kuba xa sijonga kwaye sikhetha iinkokheli zethu, sifanelwe kukunyaniseka nokungafihli nto kwaye abezopolitiko bakhululekile nakweyiphi na impembelelo, inkolo, i-lobbyist okanye enye into, ebiza isigwebo sabo kunye nokukwazi kwabo ukubeka ilizwe phambili kwimibuzo. UGabbard uyaqhubeka nokuzivalela kwaye aphephe imibuzo malunga nesi sihloko, kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba uyayitshintsha ingqondo yakhe, avule kwaye aphendule imibuzo ebuzwayo, ukuze ilizwe afuna ukulikhokela linalo lonke ulwazi.

(Umfanekiso: UGreg Skidmore / uFickr ; nge Imagazini yaseNew York )

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