September 10, 2012
False Neutrality
by Josh Hong(09-07-12)@www.malaysiakini.com
I am flourishing sleepy of the supposed Malaysian elites who see themselves as rising above politics. They demeanour askance during the Opposition parties for the variety of reasons, being doubtful of PAS' theocratic agenda or Anwar Ibrahim's chameleon character. I know many have been additionally proud of the approach Lim Guan Eng conducts himself.
It is fine as good as in actuality healthy when members of the multitude have opposite opinions as good as have been allowed to demonstrate them peacefully. This is called democracy.
However, what I cannot endure is the holier-than-thou attitude of this sold organisation of elites who claim to be neutral, as good as it is this disguise which has driven the little of them to feel so asocial about the ordinary group as good as women already hard pressed in hold up thanks to the 55 years of mismanagement as good as hurtful rule of the Barisan Nasional who right away put their conviction in the alternative front.
I earnestly wish there is such the thing as neutrality in politics. But some
Malaysians have been so gullible which they, after most propagation by BN mouthpieces, as good begin to think social activism such as BERSIH as good as alternative environment-related movements should sojourn 'neutral' as good as 'non-political'.
But how can BERSIH, Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA, the Anti-Lynas Campaign, Bukit Koman as good as the reduction publicised Pengerang residents sojourn apolitical when there have been issues of justice, fairness, firmness as good as hold up as good as genocide during stake? To me, anyone who follows the BN's book as good as calls for these movements to be de-politicised is nave, solid stupid, or shrouded in his or her own snob bigotry.
Granted, the country is becoming narrow-minded as good as domestic by the day as good as I am certainly not losing sight of this fact. But the single must be discreet sufficient to not reject blind loyalty to the Opposition to the border which existent abuses, transgressions as good as excesses by the powers-that-be have been ignored or finished to seem as secondary or unimportant.
One good e.g. of this false neutrality was the flimsy evidence put brazen by the little which they refused to join the array of BERSIH rallies since 'the transformation has been politicised as good as is linked to the Opposition'. What these people have failed to assimilate is which it was the BN parties which had turned down the call in to join in the effort for purify as good as fair elections in the initial place!
Ideally, the single would be happy to not meddle in Malaysian governing body though live the serene life. Unfortunately, one's personal circumstances cannot be improved by seeing one's hold up being all the time disrupted as good as worsened by unattractive politicians as good as the best approach to fight them is to spin politically involved.
Divisively partisan
And it is rather abounding of the little to ridicule during the mass following enjoyed by the antithesis parties, for I know utterly the number of them have worked closely with BN-associated bodies before, together with the Perdana Global Peace Foundation with Mahathir Mohamad as the patron. Obviously people like these have in the centre lost which Mahathir has never ceased to be domestic as good as divisively partisan.
This trait is usual to the little Chinese Malaysian dailies, too. While Utusan Malaysia, The Star and News Straits Times have no qualms admitting which they have been serving the agenda of the ruling parties, the Chinese press in ubiquitous is inauspicious to being viewed as partisan. So what they habitually do is to inform stories from both sides of the domestic divide as good as fake the job is done. Or is it?
When the college student was expelled from school as good as the 19-year-old lady handcuffed by the Police, both for 'showing disregard to the Prime Minister', the mainstream media covered the news though did not worry to explain because controversial characters such as (Tun) Ling Liong Sik as good as (Tan Sri) Chan Kong Choy escaped the same predestine even though they have been charged with most some-more critical offences.
In attempting to be seen as 'fair' as good as 'impartial' by giving both parties both the Police as good as the 'offenders' the chance to speak, the news only ends up getting distorted. Meanwhile, the genuine cause of these incidents an expanding Malaysian population discontented with the failure of the government to restore open firmness remains obscured.
As Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post, has said, 'one of the misfortune things the old media d! o is pre sent two sides of the story as if the two sides had next to value, creating the false neutrality which often does not exist', as good as which they tumble behind upon 'the apparition of neutrality instead of ferreting out the truth'.
It would, hence, be improved for these self-righteous critics to get down from the wall of false neutrality as good as see for themselves what have been the genuine issues which have been plaguing the country, before they spin devoured by the perfect force of the hurtful regime which they have been happy to spin the blind eye to for now.
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