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I never thought I'd see the day where a Buddhist monk in robes is calling for the genocide of "Muslim vermin". (I don't think he literally said "vermin", but th

I never thought I'd see the day where a Buddhist monk in robes is calling for the genocide of "Muslim vermin". (I don't think he literally said "vermin", but that's basically the analogies he's using.)

Boothroid 9y ago
I guess it must take a lot of wrongdoing to provoke a Buddhist monk?
- shallot_router 9y ago
  Or a lot of tribalism?
  - Boothroid 9y ago
    Or a lot of jihadists?
    - cholantesh 9y ago
      Do you actually know anything about the Rohingya or Burmese history?
      - Boothroid 9y ago
        From what I've read Rohingya is an invented term used to describe Muslim Bangladeshi migrants, and was deliberately invented as part of a propaganda effort to accompany insurgency. I also note there seemed to be little coverage in the MSM when it was Islamic violence in play, but now the tables are turned it's wall to wall. Why the sudden concern now?
        cholantesh 9y ago
        >From what I've read Rohingya is an invented term used to describe Muslim Bangladeshi migrants, and was deliberately invented as part of a propaganda effort to accompany insurgency. There were Rohingya from Bengal who migrated into what's now Myanmar during the time of British rule, but it's not especially controversial among historians that they have origins there (arguably predating ethnic Burmese, who only arrived in the 10th century CE). What you're describing is the official position of the government of Myanmar, which I'd give a lot more credence if it was corroborated by a free press. >I also note there seemed to be little coverage in the MSM when it was Islamic violence in play, but now the tables are turned it's wall to wall. Why the sudden concern now? The 'MSM' published hundreds of stories in print, on the web, on radio and television every day. Did you view all of them? We're talking about half a century of conflict, after all.
        Boothroid 9y ago
        There are other sources that talk about the invention of the term Rohingya, not just the Myanmar government. I follow the news. Don't remember hearing wails of concern when it was Buddhists on the receiving end.
sergiotapia 9y ago
So imagine what actually drove them to that.
- cholantesh 9y ago
  Being a religious extremist and a nationalist with the support of a military junta behind him, probably.
- __jal 9y ago
  I imagine it is the same thing that drove other acts of genocide, or for that matter, what lead to Heather Heyer's death: the politics of dehumanization and weaponized tribalism.

Boothroid 9y ago

I guess it must take a lot of wrongdoing to provoke a Buddhist monk?

shallot_router 9y ago
Or a lot of tribalism?
- Boothroid 9y ago
  Or a lot of jihadists?
  - cholantesh 9y ago
    Do you actually know anything about the Rohingya or Burmese history?
    - Boothroid 9y ago
      From what I've read Rohingya is an invented term used to describe Muslim Bangladeshi migrants, and was deliberately invented as part of a propaganda effort to accompany insurgency. I also note there seemed to be little coverage in the MSM when it was Islamic violence in play, but now the tables are turned it's wall to wall. Why the sudden concern now?
      - cholantesh 9y ago
        >From what I've read Rohingya is an invented term used to describe Muslim Bangladeshi migrants, and was deliberately invented as part of a propaganda effort to accompany insurgency. There were Rohingya from Bengal who migrated into what's now Myanmar during the time of British rule, but it's not especially controversial among historians that they have origins there (arguably predating ethnic Burmese, who only arrived in the 10th century CE). What you're describing is the official position of the government of Myanmar, which I'd give a lot more credence if it was corroborated by a free press. >I also note there seemed to be little coverage in the MSM when it was Islamic violence in play, but now the tables are turned it's wall to wall. Why the sudden concern now? The 'MSM' published hundreds of stories in print, on the web, on radio and television every day. Did you view all of them? We're talking about half a century of conflict, after all.
        Boothroid 9y ago
        There are other sources that talk about the invention of the term Rohingya, not just the Myanmar government. I follow the news. Don't remember hearing wails of concern when it was Buddhists on the receiving end.

sergiotapia 9y ago

So imagine what actually drove them to that.

cholantesh 9y ago
Being a religious extremist and a nationalist with the support of a military junta behind him, probably.
__jal 9y ago
I imagine it is the same thing that drove other acts of genocide, or for that matter, what lead to Heather Heyer's death: the politics of dehumanization and weaponized tribalism.