Double standards (2)

In my recent post Daulat Tunku, Stay-Out Tunku (published at the unholy hour of just past midnight this morning, precisely at 12:43 am, wakakaka), I mentioned the bloody f**king double standards that "some people" demonstrated.

Once they cheered TMJ when he had a verbal stoush with Minister Nazri, but now have told TMJ to keep his royal nose out of politics. Of course they have rationalised in their convoluted toxic minds why they could do it (the double standards), wakakaka.

The subsequent factor influencing or governing their currently different treatment of TMJ has been that they (practitioners of double standards) will NOT allow anyone, including temporary heroes like TMJ, to touch their 'sacred cow', wakakaka (no pun intended on the mention of Kamadhenu, the divine mother of all cows).

Well, since we are on the subject of Surabhi (meaning the 'fragrant one, or sacred cow) let's remind everyone of how arrogant Mahathir has been in saying “I want to use a 'keling' word. The 'keling' say podah (get lost)” when he criticised the EC.

Personally I am not against Mahathir employing that politically incorrect word as five years ago I blogged on a post regarding the 'keling' word in 3 Revelations on 'Keling' in which I narrated that:

Keling ihas an interesting and in fact rather proud pedigree, being a label inherited directed from the ancient Jainist maritime kingdom of Kalinga (today's Odisha or Orrisa and northern Andhra Pradesh).

I also explained why and when the keling word went from one with a proud pedigree to one racially offensive.

That transformation for the worse occurred with the publication of the 1963 edition of Cherita Jenaka or in today's ejaan (spelling) Cerita Jenaka. I am afraid you have to read my 2013 post to know why.

Thereafter, alas, the keling word was considered by the Indian Malaysians as racially offensive. And we also need to note a second factor, that the major critics of the keling word have been Tamils who arrived in Malaya (not yet Malaysia) aeons after the Kalingas.

Thus it's possible that the Tamils in not having any ethnic-political-cultural identification with the northern Kalinga (and thus also the proud pedigree of the Kalinga) that they (the Tamils) consider the keling word as highly offensive.

Anyway, without going deeply into how our dear Ambiga Sreenevasan and MIC treasurer-general S Vell Paari have been hurt by Mahathir's use of the 'keling' word when 'Tamil', instead of that politically-ethnically offensive word, would have done the job, let's examine the narration of another Tamil Aneh, Commander (rtd) S Thayaparan who wrote in Malaysiakini The prince and the forked tongue one.

Ambiga 

Vell Paari 

Commander (rtd) Thayaparan 

Commander Thayaparan wrote (extracts):

Is anyone stupid enough to think that Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants to get in touch with his inner “keling”? 

(kt comment: wakakaka)
The same opposition supporters who go on about our “apartheid” state have no problem when the designated head of the opposition uses a term which Indians consider derogatory.

(kt comment: that's why I call them double standards hypocrites)Indeed, we get the same horse manure of the origins of the word as if its current usage is anything but derogatory. Not only do Indians consider it derogatory but everyone else except, of course, on social media where we get long explanations of the term.

(kt comment: mea culpa - sorry lah)
Try saying that to an Indian in real life and see what the response is.

Indeed, the last time Mahathir used the word – which he should know is a slur – a PKR leader said this - "Although I regret the usage of the word and urge Mahathir to rethink the need of using such words in future, at the same time, Malaysians must be cautious of attempts to divert attention" – yes, no kidding.

I am sure Pakatan Harapan supporters will make any excuse, use any justification to ensure that people do not forget that the goal of removing PM Najib Razak trumps everything else. If Najib had said it, opposition supporters would be telling Indians how the Umno grand poobah disrespects them and they should vote for the opposition.

I wonder how many racists, bigots, religious extremists, chauvinists and other kleptocrats it takes to dethrone the current Umno grand poobah?

And if the word is not a racial slur, I wonder if the Indians in DAP and PKR allow themselves or have no issue when their Chinese and Malay comrades refers to them as “keling”?

Sangeet Kaur (DAP) 

Kashturi Patto (DAP) 

Sarasvathy Muthu (PSM)

Sorry lah, can't find a PKR Indian lady politician 

As someone who has been on the receiving end of such racism on these forums and in other places, I wonder if the next time I meet a political operative from Harapan they will refer to me as “keling”.

Mahathir, if he was referring to attacks against his ancestry, could have just said, “Let me use a Tamil word” but instead he chose to use a derogatory term and compliant hypocritical supporters, who slavishly follow the party line bend over backwards attempting to justify its usage. I guess we are getting a hint of the shape of things to come when it involves the politics of race under a Harapan government.

Then, of course, there is the issue of the young prince from Johor talking about the forked tongue one. I have had many emails asking me what I thought about the old maverick's comment. My answer is this. Good for him. 

When the young prince was making statements about corruption, and race relations which opposition supporters agreed with, they were practically prostrating themselves in the comments section of the alternative media praising him as though he was the second coming.

They were reaffirming their belief in the monarchy system and pleading with him to lead the country. When his father made statements that were in alignment with their beliefs, opposition supporters were so enamoured with his statements that some of them even suggested moving to Johor.

All of this naked adulation was embarrassing because it showed that whenever anyone says anything which remotely conforms to opposition expectations, the Harapan faithful would fall on their knees, especially if it came from a Malay.

Harapan’s ‘chosen one’

Now people are saying that the royalty should not get involved in politics. What utter horse manure. For the majority of opposition supporters, the royalty should not get involved in politics as long as the royalty supports the Umno establishment. If the royalty says anything that remotely sounds as if they support the opposition or mention things that the opposition says, then this golden rule of the separation between palace and state is ignored by most opposition supporters.

Eat that, you mongrels, wakakaka. And I'm not criticising Mahathir but rather YOU for your bloody pariah double-standards. 

When I penned Daulat Tunku, Stay-Out Tunku I should have titled it 'Double standards (1)', because I am titling this post as 'Double standards (2)', wakakaka. 

And do stop embarrassing Aneh again with your awful double-standards behaviour, wakakaka.