Re: Are Hindus as astute, sly, or manipulative?
Historically Hinduism enslaved more than 90% of it's non Brahmin followers by subjecting them to the horrors of the caste system. Even today, Hindu majority India is unable to escape and has to look towards finding solutions that satisfy the vast majority of oppressed Hindus. Some have converted to Islam historically and some convert to Buddhism and Christianity these days becaue they see no future for themselves within Hinduism itself. In India, under the constitution a Buddhist is considered a Hindu as are Jains and SIkhs - if they were classed as separate religions there would be less Hindus overall than the current census percentages would lead us to believe. ANd the conversions are increasing forcing some Brahmin ruled states like Tamil Nadu to ban conversions to other religions though there is nothing that they can do about conversions to Buddhism because, constitutionally, it is the same religion.
The Hindu dominated political parties like the BJP, VHP etc are militantly anti not just Muslims and Christians they also have shown themselves are caste supremacist on more than one occasion. And they have killed many low caste Hindus in central India through their fanatical para militaries like the Ranbir Sena as they have killed Muslims in communal riots. It must make them feel very brave to kill innocent people, especially those who are helpless to fight back and poor as well.