'Chong Wei vs Misbun, who will they support?'
David Dass: This is totally confused thinking. It first assumes that Chinese Malaysians will not support a Malay badminton player if his opponent is a Chinese from China.
And Ridhuan Tee Abdullah has no basis to say that. Secondly, who made him the guy in charge of nationalism.
And thirdly, he draws some kind of analogy between disloyalty and voting for the DAP. And he goes on to say that he is anti-Chinese and pro-Malay because he is defending Islam which is under threat.
So Chinese by that fact alone are both anti-Malay and anti-Islam. He should take a course on straight thinking.
Guyintheglass: The more Ridhuan speaks, the more he shows his lack of knowledge. The analogy used is a poor one.
In the 1992 Thomas cup semi-final against China, all Malaysians were solidly behind Malaysia.
For the record, the first singles was between Rashid Sidek and Zhao Jianhua which Rashid won. I think arguing with Ridhuan will bring down one’s IQ.
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Ridhuan Tee should not pretend to love this country or the Malays by running down the Chinese. The Malays should not trust this type of hired gun, especially those who will to "gadai" his roots to do the bidding for his master.
Casey: A betrayer is a traitor. Ridhuan not only betrays his family and ancestors, he betrays the Malays with whom he professes friendship.
Ridhuan is also a traitor to the Malays and the nation, solely because while professing friendship by championing the Malay's cause, he distorts facts, incites ethnic hatred, fuels religious bigotries, and selfishly sets the nation on a collision course.
Majoring On The Minor: A wise man once told me to beware of the swinging pendulum - that we all need to make an effort to take the middle path. Ridhuan is such a pendulum.
The pendulum swings from one extreme to the other: from a Chinese, and now to a somewhat Malay who needs to keep justifying his "Malayness" through bellicose statements against his Chinese roots.
It is true, then, that the Malays are an accepting lot - that they will let a Chinese defend their Malayness for them. But the more Ridhuan does so, the more value-less the Malay identity is.
Ferdtan: Ridhuan, sorry to disappoint you - don’t think that by bashing your own kind you can be one of them. You were there to make some Malay ultras entertained, so that they can make a fool of at least one willing, stupid Chinaman.
That was the ultimate racial supremacy satisfaction. I read the same thing in one of Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s autobiographies.
Long time ago, before he became well known in politics and well-off from his private medical practice, he said he employed a personal Chinese driver, which he said haughtily, was unheard of (uncommon) in those days - a Chinese servant driving a Malay master.
Nothing wrong with that - it was only an employment but he insinuated (and not correct in taking pride) for a different reason.
Iiiizzzziiii: I do not know Ridhuan and I also do not wish to make any claim of meeting or socialising with him. If he professes to be the champion and defender of Islam, then I think he is doing a very bad job at that.
With words that come out from him, they only serve to drive many away and yet the sad thing is, Ridhuan is not aware of his own actions.
He claims to be an educated person, but his rationale and thinking do not reflect an ounce of wisdom. Ridhuan is like an empty vessel that makes a lot of noise.
At a personal level, I find this Ridhuan character very interesting. What made him say the things he said seems to indicate he's a highly insecure character with a low self-esteem, hence the need to engage in self-justification. This reinforces the belief that he is a self-worthy person, rather than a loser.
Perhaps we may meet one day, but definitely not in this lifetime.
Malaysian Born: This is one terribly confused and rather twisted individual.
They hit the nail on the head when they said he had an identity complex, but in reality I think his psychosis seems to be far more complex than that - this need to attack non-Muslims while constantly working on being perceived as a Malay himself.
No non-Muslim, or for that matter non-Malay Malaysian, would ever be able to satisfy his preconceived ideas of who they are and what they are thinking, it’s like he is trapped in some kind of horror movie where the villains are preset, regardless of the roles they play and the plot.
A very sick guy unfortunately being given media coverage. I worry about the young minds that are exposed to his bile and rhetoric. We should worry about young people going out and overdoing it but forget about the dangers they are regularly exposed to when you put them in a room with a bent character like Ridhuan.
2Kali5: Ridhuan, no one questions or wants to deny you your right to convert into and defend the sanctity of your religion, Islam. We do not question your patriotism, but what irks so many is that you seem to say that only Malays can and are patriotic.
We don't deny that you are now a Muslim, but it does not detract from the fact, you are a Chinese, regardless how you hate yourself as being one, and whatever you do or say will not change you into a Malay, ipso facto, period.
Pahatian: Ridhuan, you are brilliant to come out with the Chong Wei vs Misbun anology.
Why not we put your analogy to test - Mah Siew Keong vs Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud and see who is getting support from whom?
Let's see if your analogy works like you think it should.
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