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>Thais are not Westerners. They revere their king. There are always royalists, Westerner or not. "protesters were met with severe repression" doesn't really s
by colechristensen 2y ago
>Thais are not Westerners. They revere their king.
There are always royalists, Westerner or not.
"protesters were met with severe repression" doesn't really sound like those folks have much reverence, eh?
>So the implied accusation of hypocrisy in your comment is simply misplaced.
It's not hypocrisy I'm accusing anyone of – it's selfish, indifferent tribalism and disinterest in the mistreatment of people as long as they are "other" people.
- rayiner 2y agoThe preoccupation with “‘other’ people” is a manifestation of western individualism.
- colechristensen 2y agoYou're talking about how everyone reveres their king and don't share in the values of protest or freedom of speech, in an article about those very people being abused. Arguing with a royalist trying to pretend that opposition and non-unity doesn't exist doesn't really have a point.