and Ganga-Jamuni Muslims in particular were heavily pro-TNT. ie their leaders of opinion, thinking ppl, activists, all pro-partition
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Replying to @omarali50 @i_contemplate_ and
that their poor illiterate mass were not actively involved or asked is also true, so we r never sure abt their view, but on general grounds
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Replying to @omarali50 @i_contemplate_ and
..one wud hv to say: most likely, IF asked after being signaled by their leaders or opinion, they wud hv been pro-partition too
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Replying to @omarali50 @i_contemplate_ and
This is very conditional statement.
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Replying to @rupasubramanya @i_contemplate_ and
It has to be tho.. real life wud be like that. Signals from community leaders wud be sent, and received, but exceptions wud exist
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Replying to @omarali50 @rupasubramanya and
The 14% can be considered a stratified random sample of say top 25% of the populatn. That's a big chunk that definitely supported partition.
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Replying to @Shapiro_WIlk @omarali50 and
It was not a random sample! It was those who met the franchise requirement. Clearly unrepresentative of the population.
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Replying to @rupasubramanya @Shapiro_WIlk and
I am in position of agreeing w both. Not a random sample, but not unrepresentative of view (as far as views were there on this topic..i.e.
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Replying to @omarali50 @rupasubramanya and
i.e. real twist is that many ppl likely HAD NO VIEWS on this topic. Till they learned of it. Which way wud they hv gone? Never sure, but ..
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Replying to @omarali50 @rupasubramanya and
it is likely that they wud hav gone with own community's elite. Very hard to see them making common cause against own elite. But intrstng..
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Also have to show some cleavage for possible view divergence. Sindhi vs Punjabi or something like that. Otherwise why expect divergence?
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