After homophobia, we have xenophobia

Whilst at the 11th regiment, another thought stuck me. Jatuporn was going on and on and on about his usual attacks on Prime Minister Abhisit; that he's a cold-blooded killer (citing the cut and paste audio clip), that he dodged the draft and that Abhisit's grandparents came from Vietnam.

He then went on to say something about how he was 100 percent Thai and his Thai blood, and the Thai blood of all the redshirts would are boiling. That was just before, if I recall correctly, the idea for the river of blood.

Similar racist attacks have been used on PAD leader Sondhi, calling him a "Jek", a derogatory term for Chinese.

Aside from the convenient memory lapse as to the Shinawatra clan's origins, it strikes me that in just a few days of listening to the protests, it is clear that the crazed Redshirt leaders are homophobic, xenophobic and verging on a planned economy socialist as per Thaksin's promise of debt write-off, full employment and a state salary.

At least they have not gone after any religious sect yet, unless you count the Krue Se and Tak Bai massacre of Muslims.

Oh, and do not forget that Takki was also democratically elected, just like someone else who shares most of these traits. Only while the Reds just dislike the Vietnamese, Chinese and Malay, the other guy tried to use eugenics to create a super-race.

This is just my observation. You do not have to agree with me.