“Keyboard Kharku” is a term designed to describe those who advocate for armed struggle online but do not engage in such methods themselves.
Sitting on the other side of the planet, these types are very confident in making various claims on social media, but can’t even defend their positions when invited to respectful debate and discourse via simple calls.
This behaviour is deeply concerning and suspicious. Why are they encouraging the Sikh youth to openly display support for such methods that not only have no chance of success today given our Panth’s current lack of resources, expertise and strategic capabilities, but would also jeopardize young Sikhs in terms of putting them on certain radars, risking career prospects and perhaps even invite hostilities and ruin their lives.
And all that for what? None of the followers of these pages actually go and fight, they just like and reshare the posts - fooling themselves into thinking it is meaningful “activism”.
They point to examples of Kharkus in the 80s/90s, and whilst deeply respected (provided they behaved ethically), the question that must be asked is:
“What has changed between then and now in terms of military capabilities as a Panth that would make an armed struggle today successful?”
If anything, we have gone backwards whilst the Indian state they wish to fight head on has advanced dramatically.
Neo-Khalistanis also do not help themselves by refusing to engage in any opportunities to train or gain modern skills and competencies by joining world-class armed forces.
They reject strategies like the “Dharam Yudh Pipeline” which outlines a legal and ethical way to rebuild the Khalsa’s hard power, and I encourage all those who are actually serious about this endeavor to read the DYP whitepaper.
But the key difference between actual Kharkus and Keyboard Kharkus, is they actually put their money where their mouth is.
Now, we can definitely debate and question how strategic repeating those methods today is, but at the very least I have a level of respect and admiration for those who actually go and engage in armed struggle, provided they do so in a way that is ethical and strictly does not target non-combatants. Those who can not adhere to such basic moral standards are simply terrorists who are tarnishing the Sikh reputation.
Additionally, however, any rational person who looks at the attempt at armed struggle in the 80/90s would have to accept that it was not successful in establishing a Sikh state. So again, what has changed to make an attempt today more successful?
Ask yourselves, who does it benefit to get Sikhs to openly display support for such methods today? Use your brains.
So if you hear others advocate for armed struggle as a viable strategy for today, then the response should be ...
“You first”
If they don’t, they are most likely a “Keyboard Kharku”.
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