Born a bigot

The choice of words that Malaysians use reveals what runs through their head. And most Malaysians reveal that they are bigots who look down on those not of their same race or religion. Whether they are supporters of Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat does not matter. They are all the same, bigots of the highest degree. And the comments in Malaysia Today only serves to prove this.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

I may be a muslim but i certainly respect you. if they do put you in jail, convert as many as you can. be liek the shoe throwing imam. these umno bastrads shud be the ones in jail. anyway if you are still in jail and PR takes over and we jail people like pairin, his brother jeffrey, joe kurup, joseph balang, joseph gamdum, idris jala, peter chin fcuk kui, ling leong sik- you can give them confession. and if we find murphy pakiam guilty of selling out assunta - then i will insist he be jailed too and just imagine - an archbishop going to priest for confession...  (A comment by ‘Mohd Ali’ in the news item ‘Catholic priest prefers jail than pay fine if guilty of illegal assembly’).

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That was the comment by someone posting as ‘Mohd Ali’ in the news item‘Catholic priest prefers jail than pay fine if guilty of illegal assembly’. I have not done any editing to the comment and as you can see it is a very bad comment with so many typos and errors. Either ‘Mohd Ali’ is someone of very low education/intelligence or he is one very lazy bugger (or maybe both). And what’s wrong with using capital letters for proper nouns? Is it that much trouble to do this?

This comment by ‘Mohd Ali’ also reveals something very important about the Malaysian mentality. Malaysians, by and large, are bigots. Then they try to impress us that they are not bigots by making a comment that is even more revealing. Hence the more they talk the more they prove that they are bigots.

‘Mohd Ali’ said, “I may be a Muslim but I certainly respect you.” What does this mean? Well, it can also mean, “You may not be a Muslim but I certainly respect you.” Or you can also say, “You may be a Christian but I certainly respect you.”  Plus you can say, “You may be an infidel but I certainly respect you.” All statements mean the same thing.

Why do you need to even mention the word ‘Muslim’? Why can’t you just say ‘I certainly respect you for the stand you are taking’? Why must you include ‘I may be a Muslim” or ‘you may be a Christian’ or whatever? By crafting the statement in this manner you are saying that Christians do not deserve respect or Muslims should not respect Christians. Hence, “I may be a Muslim but I certainly respect you”, meaning you may be a Christian but I certainly respect you because normally I would never respect Christians.

In the recent debate about whether the Prime Minister must be a Malay-Muslim, I have seen comments such as 'I have no problems with a Malay Prime Minister as long as he is fair to the non-Malays'. Does this mean only Malay Prime Ministers must be fair to the non-Malays? What if we have a Chinese Prime Minister? Is it okay if he is not fair to the non-Malays? Must only Malay Prime Ministers be fair to the non-Malays? Furthermore, do you mean to say that Malay Prime Ministers are regarded as a curse but you do not mind this as long as he is fair to the non-Malays?

This is also like saying that normally Malays are not fair to the non-Malays. Hence. “I don’t mind a Malay Prime Minister as long as he is fair to the non-Malays.” You might as well say it is very rare to find Malays who are fair to the non-Malays. This also means non-Malays are not like this. Non-Malays are always fair to the Malays. It is only Malays who are not fair to the non-Malays.

“You may be Chinese but I must say I think you are a good person.” What if I were to say that? Would you regard this as a compliment or an insult? Do I mean to say that under normal circumstances Chinese are not good people? Is it rare to find a Chinese who is good? Is it normal that most Chinese are bad people?

You may be black but you are quite a good person. So, normally ‘non-whites’ are bad people?

You may be Malay but you are quite a good person. So, normally Malays are bad people?

You may be Chinese but you are quite a good person. So, normally Chinese are bad people?

Islam must be respected because Islam is the religion of the Federation. This is another common statement. Does this mean the other religions need not be respected since they are not the religion of the federation?

Muslims tolerate the religion of others. That is another thing that Malays like to say. Why must Muslims tolerate the religion of others? Normally, things that you tolerate are regarded as a nuisance.

You tolerate the dog shit of your neighbour’s dog on your lawn because you want to be a good neighbour. You tolerate the loud music from your neighbour’s apartment because you do not want to complain about the noise and hence trigger conflict with your neighbour. So you tolerate all these nuisances for the sake of being a good neighbour. Does this mean you also tolerate Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc., on the basis that these religions are a bloody nuisance? Other religions, dog shit and noise are nuisances but are tolerated.

The choice of words that Malaysians use reveals what runs through their head. And most Malaysians reveal that they are bigots who look down on those not of their same race or religion. Whether they are supporters of Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat does not matter. They are all the same, bigots of the highest degree. And the comments in Malaysia Today only serves to prove this.