Umno’s devious goal in creating a new normal

After a night in police lock-up, Jamal declares war on ‘evil’ Bersih

Existential Turd: The extremists in Malaysia are constantly tugging Malaysia towards a more xenophobic, intolerant, insular and fundamentalist society.

Much like US presidential candidate Donald Trump who is normalising vulgarism, crude and misogynistic attitude in mainstream America, the extremists are trying to normalise and entrench a more puritanical and feudalistic ideology.

Equating a call for accountability and clean election to a gangster threat is one such example. The centre is dragged so far off course, there is a possibility that some may resort to the other extreme to even the balance. This will surely tear the country apart.

We are grateful that such incident has not yet arise, and that is to the credit of a great majority of Malaysians who are moderate and rational.

Umno is playing a cynical game. Every new “defender” of Malay right is more blatant and extreme, it makes the last one sound like a moderate, and Umno would have achieved its devious goal of normalising a new normal.

Anonymous 1890491455255851: Bersih is about exercising our right to peaceful protest against what we see as electoral cheating, corruption in government and bad governance.

As we can see once again, this pea-brained individual and his red-shirt hooligans are all about violence and in the name of what? Protection of the corrupt and those who abuse the laws of this country?

Come on. Only equally pea-brained people would buy into this rubbish and only those guilty of these acts would stay silent or give their silent support to such a menace to our society.

Trueglitter: The blatant audacity of red shirts leader Jamal Md Yunos to emerge after spending only a night in a police lock-up, gnashing and vehemently declaring an ‘all-out war’ against Bersih and all its peace-loving supporters would, undoubtedly be construed as a terrorist threat, designed to discourage their participation in the impending rally on Nov 19.

Clearly, his outburst uttered at the Dang Wangi police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur without the respect for the law would serve as an unambiguous indication that he has the endorsement of the leadership within Umno-BN.

No prize given for guessing right that MO1 (Malaysian Official 1) and his political cahoots are deeply in fear that the Bersih 5 rally may be its own ‘Waterloo’ that will inevitably precipitate and be the cause for their downfall in the impending general elections.

The ferocity of Jamal’s aggression clearly affirms the fact that defeat of BN in the elections, MO1 in particular, will lawfully be implicated for his mountains of misdeeds and corruption.

MA: Usually people spending time in prison (even if for couple of hours) would do much contemplation to search for inner peace and spread love and joy to fellow beings when coming out.

But Jamal is opposite. He is the devil personified to bring war and destruction, and sadly our security forces allow such behaviour to thrive.

Anonymous_3f49: Indeed, what is his gripe with Bersih. What is his excuse for declaring war on those protesting against bad governance?

Alfanso: The people have a simple choice. The red shirts say ‘war’, the yellow shirts say ‘peace’. Folks, choose wisely.

White Preacher: Indeed, all must wear yellow even before the Nov 19 rally. I will start tomorrow.

Umno MP wants Bersih 5 organisers probed under Sedition Act

FellowMalaysian: By criticising Bersih 5’s effort in calling for a clean and corrupt-free government, Kuala Selangor MP Irmohizam Ibrahim is lending his support to a regime which has taken a catastrophic slide towards authoritarian kleptocracy.

He may just be another neophyte in politics but as an elected MP, Irmohizam’s misplaced call to investigate the Bersih organisers for sedition showed how ignorant he could be when our country’s rule is fast becoming a failed state.

This claim of a failed state is supported by the facts that our electoral process has been ruthlessly trampled on and democracy in this country hopelessly manipulated.

Call them Irmohizam, (Umno Youth exco leader) Armand Azha Abu Hanifah, (Umno Sungai Besar chief) Jamal Md Yunos or just the red shirts, these people are agent provocateurs and instigators hired by Umno’s plutocrats and overlords out to create confusion and gloss over the truth.

The educated people of this country will not be fooled or misled by skulduggery or duplicity.

Roar For Truth: Irmohizam, have you asked why there is strong support for Bersih to work for clean and fair elections to remove the government of the day?

No one removes good government, but all corrupt government are removed eventually.

Appum: Irmohizan, please don’t insult the intelligence of the rakyat. If you want to defend your ‘Bugis pirate’, that is your right.

But don’t insult us and think we are at the same intelligence level as you.

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