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Syed Saddiq should thank 'Superman' Hew
COMMENT | The comic is a good way to show good faith to China after all the badmouthing and xenophobic campaign propaganda.
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UM hack - feckless activism is not justified
COMMENT | If you are angry with the vice chancellor who made racists remarks, why treat the staff as collateral damage?
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To extremists, all roads lead to DAP
COMMENT | The sustained attacks against DAP is going to have repercussions on the future of Malaysia.
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LTTE dragnet - a strategy to create a Hindu phobia counternarrative
COMMENT | This is a manufactured outrage against a defunct terror group, aiming to mobilise public sentiment against an imaginary existential threat.
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Lim Guan Eng’s bullyboy tactics using TAR-UC
COMMENT | The MCA/DAP TAR UC squabble is politics at its pettiest
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LTTE dragnet - they got the bogeyman they wanted
COMMENT | The "they" in the title refers to the far-right political operatives, academics etc - and the deep Islamic state.
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Mahathir's undignified strategy of using non-Malays to demean Malays
COMMENT | The Malay Dignity Congess was an event that resulted in food poisoning, an apt metaphor for the kind of leadership on display.
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Disrespecting the Negaraku
COMMENT | Enforcing 'respect' towards a symbol has always seemed fascist to me.
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Dr M has telegraphed that Harapan cannot be trusted
COMMENT | The Harapan manifesto is not worth the paper it is printed on.
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Will Zakir Naik help set up Islam TV channel?
COMMENT | After all, Zakir has a hugely successful English television channel of his own, the sinisterly named Peace TV.
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Adib inquest verdict - a Rorschach test of institutional trust
COMMENT | The results of the inquest and the polemics coming from politicians demonstrates that trust in our public institutions remains elusive.
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Bayan Lepas incident a case of terrorism, make no mistake
COMMENT | The first step in solving a problem is recognising there is one.
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What can Utusan do for Harapan?
COMMENT | Perhaps Utusan should ask the DAP to bail them out since they say DAP is the power behind the throne.
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Moderation - Malaysia’s failed strategy
COMMENT | Most Malaysians define 'moderation' as the middle ground between the religious/racial politics of Malays and the 'rights' of minorities.
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Rawang shootout - do you trust the PDRM in 'New Malaysia'?
COMMENT | The duelling narratives for the incident is something Malaysians are used to.
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Will Harapan sanction Hadi's hate speech?
COMMENT | Hadi Awang’s diatribe that the DAP wants wealth for the Chinese only should be considered hate speech.
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Umno-PAS union – Harapan spooks easily
COMMENT | No one in the ruling coalition wants to go against a narrative based on race and religion.
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What does M stand for?
COMMENT | 'M' needs to reflect what is happening in Malaysia now, not what we hoped would happen.
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PAS, Muslim unity and Zakir Naik
COMMENT | Zakir Naik is the spiritual adoptive parent of the union of Umno and PAS.
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Wong Tack and his comrades are on their own
COMMENT | By green lighting the Lynas deal, the government has effectively become the mouthpiece of Lynas.
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Dr M nurtures the system he uses to insult the Malays with
COMMENT | ‘The Malays are not the problem, but rather the racial and religious system that he helped create.’
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Are the non-Malays overreacting?
COMMENT | The idea that hate speech is tearing up unity is bunkum - it is designed to tear up Harapan.
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Why does PDRM think Zakir Naik belongs, but not Arif Komis
COMMENT | The Harapan regime has no problem sending UN-protected asylum seekers to their possible torture and death.
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62 years after Merdeka – 'New Malaysia' is a fiction
COMMENT | It's a lie created by political operatives who have no interest in genuine reform.
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Harapan may win GE15, but what are we winning?
COMMENT | Harapan thinks they can win, by doing the same thing Umno/BN did.
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Paul Yong's case - Can we trust anything in this country?
COMMENT | Politicians always hint at conspirators, but neither they nor the police ever unmask these people.
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Does Malaysia need a Saddam Hussein?
COMMENT | Do we really want a mass murderer to lead this country?
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Apa lagi Cina mahu redux
COMMENT | Race is used to detract from objectively examining policy decisions and political rhetoric.
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The last thing DAP or Harapan needs is a gag order
COMMENT | If it follows Kit Siang's advice about voicing grievances, this would sound its death knell.
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Zakir Naik a clear and present danger
COMMENT | Act now before it is too late.