In this case, I was trying to convey that Thai culture comes from a more authoritarian background, and the recent rebellion against that is more significant tha

In this case, I was trying to convey that Thai culture comes from a more authoritarian background, and the recent rebellion against that is more significant than most Westerners realize. So, basically, I expected people to react to the article with "well, that's shitty, but I bet the people are going to do something interesting about this..." instead of just "well, that's shitty."