Will you Ever Buy Toilet Seat Covers with Images of Hindu Gods?
People of India can’t understand what it will take for companies like Amazon to realize that hurting religious sentiments is not right. Recently, the e-commerce website faced backlash on social media for selling toilet seat covers and other items with images of Hindu Gods. It made #BoycottAmazon trending topic on Twitter. A big question is how come such a big website doesn’t know what they are selling?
Thousands of Twitter users asked to boycott the website with some tagging Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and urging her to take action against the world's biggest online retailer.
Check out their reactions:
Mistake is a mistake when it is done once or twice
— Sushil Dixit (Adv) (@advosushildixit) May 16, 2019
But #Amazon is a repeat offender who seems to enjoy hurting the religious sentiments of #Hindus
Do u have the guts to sell products mocking Islam or Christianity or Hindus are soft targets??
Shame on Amazon#BoycottAmazon pic.twitter.com/Y7mmi2fhzv
#BoycottAmazon
— Panchu SP (@SpPanchu) May 16, 2019
Nothing more to pen down here
mocking against any religion is not acceptable.#BoycottAmazon
— akram (@akrambharatt) May 16, 2019
Shamful for Amazon, all people should be Bycot Amazon.
— Vishnu (@Vishnu54342006) May 16, 2019
#BoycottAmazon
— Rohit verma (@rohitverma221) May 17, 2019
You have no right to hurt any religious sentiments and beliefs @amazon @AmazonHelp @AmazonUK @amazonIN never ever buying from your platform and uninstalling you. You better need to learn to respect other religions and countries. pic.twitter.com/ZNqyetEzmt
This is the latest one with special highlighted remark of Amazon.#BoycottAmazon #abpmaza#zee24tass @MEAIndia@SushmaSwaraj pic.twitter.com/Vg13eYtqdF
— ???????? ???? (@VijendraBhoir) May 16, 2019
I dont know when these people will show respect for others. My India is a place of holy people but overseas there are some whose mentality is just making money and criticising others. "????? ?????? ????? ?????? ???". #BoycottAmazon #AmazonInsultsHindu pic.twitter.com/LiJRnRoxIZ
— Keshav Singhal (@_keshavsinghal) May 17, 2019
#BoycottAmazon What are you guys trying to prove? Who are you trying to appease by doing this? What happens to everyone's cultural appropriation when it comes to Hinduism? pic.twitter.com/xLz53zSmrU
— Deepak Nadgir (@deepaknadgir) May 17, 2019
God in any form is GOD ...
— Chowkidar Madhav Sharma (@sharmamadhav001) May 16, 2019
I want to ask the world ... ????????
Do Christians or Muslims put Lord Jesus / Allah images in their bathrooms & on their toilets ? ????????
#BoycottAmazon ????
Retweet It For Awareness.???? pic.twitter.com/eRIPvMGgKv
Playing with the emotions of Hindus, Amazon should be banned in India.
— Saurin Shah???????? (@Saurin_Shah_) May 16, 2019
Not acceptable things which is done by Amazon. #boycottamazon pic.twitter.com/30IE3T8OxB
This is not the first time that the website has done such a thing, they have done it earlier as well.
Indian High Commission in Canada : This is unacceptable. Please take this up with Amazon at the highest level. https://t.co/L4yI3gLk3h
— Chowkidar Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) January 11, 2017
In 2018 Amazon was thrashed by the Sikh Coalition after when they were selling doormats, rugs and toilet seat covers with the image of Golden Temple.
The sacred Darbar Sahib & Khanda do not belong on toilets @amazon@JeffBezos we're extremely disappointed to see you sell these highly offensive products. Pls consider our #SikhAwareness Training offer. Read our press release: https://t.co/BmwDL0UPkl #BoycottAmazon to remove pic.twitter.com/zFxs5iJzWJ
— UNITED SIKHS (@unitedsikhs) December 19, 2018