Why Rihanna’s Tweet about Farmer’s protest in India is wrong and sets a Dangerous Precedent?

India has been experiencing a wave of Farmer’s protests and Rihanna’s single tweet has led to a pretty big storm.

Rihanna tweeting about a global issue is welcome but what begs the question here is if Rihanna had any knowledge of what was happening on the ground to put out an irresponsible tweet like that. She has no understanding of the reasons why the Farmer’s are protesting or any idea of India’s internal politics.

It is a shame that we live in a celebrity-infested culture that more people are paying attention to a celebrity’s tweet who has zero knowledge of the ground realities of India and ignoring what Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund has stated.

It makes me wonder if we are raising our children with the wrong values or cultural ethos that a simple tweet from a celebrity creates a Twitter storm swaying minds.

We live in extremely confusing times where sensationalism takes the place of knowledge and hard facts. This is truly a worrisome trend that media is slowly crumbling to become an emotionally charged…