Think twice before you tweet!

Twitter, is no longer considered as a personal opinion page in India. Sometimes whatever you post is for others to judge. In these couple of months, many people were back lashed on Twitter for stating their individual views.

Here are a few examples of what happened with public influencers when they said what they wanted to. Freedom of speech lost somewhere in melancholy?

Salman Khan

Bajrangi Bhaijaan posted about more than 10 tweets saying that it should be Tiger Memon who should be executed instead of his brother, Yakub Memon. His statements were taken under surveillance by his followers forcing him to retract his statement.

If Salman Khan is feeling so sorry for Yakub Memon, why doesn't he give some of his collection from Bajrangi Bhaijaan to his family?

— The Bad Doctor (@doctoratlarge) July 26, 2015

Digvijay Singh

What a coincidence! Funerals of Two Indian MuslIms on the same day. Dr Kalam who has made every Indian proud of his achievements for India — digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 30, 2015

Congress’ secretary Digvijay Singh had an opinion on the decision taken by the Indian Government and gave a piece of unrequited advice; he also administered religious angles in his tweet  The real objective of Singh behind his tweets are still unclear. While many supported him, he was also bashed by a lot of Twitteratis.

You nutcase .@digvijaya_28 how dare you compare Prez #KalamSir with a terrorist & smuggler. Have you lost all your senses?

— Māndhata (@Mamdhata) July 30, 2015

Shashi Tharoor

There is no evidence that death penalty serves as a deterrent: to the contrary in fact. All it does is exact retribution: unworthy of a Govt

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2015

We must fight against terrorism w/all the means at our command. But cold-blooded execution has never prevented a terror attack anywhere. — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2015

I'm not commenting on the merits of a specific case: that's for the Supreme Court to decide. Problem is death penalty in principle&practice

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2015

Speaking about politics, Shashi Tharoor went on to comment against the whole execution process and was also ‘saddened’ with the news of a human being hung. By expressing his individual opinion on a social media platform, he tried swimming with the sharks.

.@ShashiTharoor #YakubHanged to deliver justice. Not to prevent terrorism. I guess you are smart enough to differentiate — Bhaskar Papukan (@BhaskarGogoi) July 30, 2015

Shruti Seth

Haters, Thank you for making me famous and reviving my hopeless career. Now go help some other hapless soul with your mindless outrage.

— Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) July 5, 2015

Killing can never be justified, in any form, for any reason by anyone. — Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) July 30, 2015

Prime Minister’s ‘Beti bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana’ campaign went viral on Twitter in June. It invited a lot of attention, but with more attention comes more controversy. Shruti Seth wasn’t happy with only the campaigns and wanted to see a change. Her Twitter was then filled with extremists abusing her, her family and her decisions.

With so many people threatening her and making her look like a ‘she-devil’, Shruti then decided to retract her tweets.

@SethShruti such a cheap publicity stunt like aaptard may God bless u

— I_GRS_I❄ॐ❄ (@gauravrajsachan) July 6, 2015

Neha Dhupia

One rain n the city comes to a standstill. Good governance is not about selfies n makin us do yoga,it's making sure ur citizens r safe. — Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) July 21, 2015

Shruti Seth was not the only to be targeted by Twitter extremists; Neha Dhupia has also been a part of the word of wars. She Tweeted about the government of India in respect to #SelfieWithDaughter and Monsoon traffic in Mumbai.  According to her, she took Twitter to vent out her frustration.

Her Tweets not only fired wars on her Twitter profile but also BJP workers started protesting outside her house.

We didn't have rain before this govt! Did we?@NehaDhupia @itashasuxx

— Alcologist (@ExDelhite) July 26, 2015

@NehaDhupia Sincerely hope your career gets a new lease of life after this stunt. — Rain R (@rronweb) July 28, 2015

Save yourself from all this fiasco and think twice before Tweeting.