Pakatan Rakyat, Propagators of Racism?

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As mentioned in this blog's 7th Sept article titled "Racist Statement, Or Freedom Of Expression", racism has been deeply rooted in many of us, if not all. The question is not whether we're racist, the question is to what extent we are.

The below article was posted by a blogger who goes by the nickname "jebatmustdie". His point of view is that it is Pakatan Rakyat, and not BN, that are the perpetrators of racism.

How interesting that most people share the same moral values yet provide opposite justifications to the actions of those that they support, and those that they do not.

The article bellow was posted by "jebatmustdie":

One of the flaws that Pakatan Rakyat have which they themselves do not see is that, when they speak, they think they are representing every Malaysian in this country.

I have to disagree with many PR supporters' accusations that the Government is racist by nature.

We need to alert ourselves against the racist tactics of the Pakatan Rakyat politicians and their loyalists. Their divide-and-conquer tactic is very subtle, yet not foolproof.

This tactic is even more profound when they zoom in on the Umno leaders and their speeches, i.e. the Datuk Ahmad Ismail case. But when their own leader, Zulkifli Nordin shouted racist remarks during the Bar Council forum last month, everyone was very quiet and the matter died off quickly.

Even the MCA leaders, who were very vocal in the case of Ahmad Ismail, had been surprisingly quiet on the Zulkifli Nordin incident. No accusations of racism were hurled towards Zulkifli. Which led me to believe that MCA themselves have fallen to the PR's racial politics. Did they even lodge a police report against Zulkifli Nordin? I doubt it.

Among the Pakatan Rakyat leaders, it is only about power and perception. Their motto - destroy the BN with accusations of racism and we the Pakatan Pakyat will seize power by hook or by crook.

To me, to play the racial card in the guise of justice and equality is the most heinous act of all. And some quarters are now arguing that the rakyat have begun to realise the government's racial approach after 51 years of ruling.

However, prior to the 2008 general election, even the ultra chinese DAP did not accuse the government as racists. Have we read any news on them accusing Barisan Nasional as racists in the general elections of 2004, 1999, 1995, 1990, 1986, 1982, 1978 and in 1974?

In fact, it was DAP and Gerakan who were the main hate mongers in the 1969 general election. Did they go on hibernation mode after that? And did the rest of the opposition parties and Malaysians accuse the BN as racists after 1969?

To say that the rakyat had only realise that after 51 years of prosperous livelihood is only a political ploy to gain support and to throw the people off balance. I know it. They know it. And the rest of Malaysians should know it too.

True that Ahmad Ismail is an idiot. His galactically stupid statement damaged Umno’s credibility even further. It dumbfounded me on why he would even utter those words. Same goes to Zulkifli Nordin and his followers. And we had not even venture into all the racist statements in the blogs of Pakatan Rakyat supporters. It is just that they have not been highlighted to the masses.

Indeed, Pakatan Rakyat is very fortunate that the Malay masses do not read those internet blogs and their foul comments. As I have said time and again, the BN leaders, especially the ones from Umno, should be more elegant in their speeches. They should know the words that could cause anxiety and be perceived as insensitive.

The BN has got no problems before this. Maybe it’s due to the lack of leadership from the top. Or perhaps, they themselves are a bunch of buffoons who could not put together a proper sentence to save their own lives. Good leadership qualities are sorely lacking in Umno nowadays. But my point is, are all Umno leaders racist by nature? Do all the BN leaders practise racism?

As I said before, there is a huge difference between a racist policy and an affirmative action. Racist policies had been practised by the Apartheid regime in South Africa and the Nazis in Germany and by the early-Americans against the Red Indians.

What we have here is a positive discriminatory policy called the Article 153 and the NEP. It is not racist in nature. But the enforcement is tainted with corruption. I can live with the opposition calling the government corrupt. I do not deny the fact that most Umno leaders are exposed to corruption. But to call the government as racist, is an insult to the multi racial population that had thrived since 1957 under the same government policy.

Tian Chua, upon Anwar Ibrahim’s victory in Permatang Pauh had the nerve to even say - “the overwhelming victory showed that the prime minister’s racial politics are bankrupt”. He said that with the background of Pakatan Rakyat accusing Datuk Seri Najib as a Hindu! This is the modus operandi of the Pakatan Rakyat. The real perpetrators of racism.

Posted by jebatmustdie