At time mark 10.07 just after saying Abhisit is mentally unstable and does not know spirituality because he grew up overseas (that itself being a classic case of xenophobia) Thaksin says that Abhisit is surrounded by purple people, a common term in Thailand for Gay people. At 10.14 the crowd bursts into cheer at the homophobic slur by the former prime minister.
Yes, Tweeple, Thailand's longest serving democratically elected prime minister is now reduced to calling his opponents Gay because he has nothing more serious left to say about them.
At 10.21 he said, "and purple people have violence in their emotions." And no, he was not referring to violent emotions, but rather violence in their hearts or else the word order would have been reversed (อารมณ์รุนแรง rather than the มีความรุนแรงในอารมณ์ that he said). I am confident people of good conscience would agree with my translation as I am also sure that people who blindly love Thaksin will have said I made an incorrect, presumptuous, deliberate error in translation.
In case that clip has been removed, two more articles exist that also hit on Thaksin's homophobic remarks here (paragraph 4) and here (paragraph 2).
I believe that Thaksin should be seen for what he is. Many westerners questioned my translation on that one point as combined with the fact that virtually all foreign media ignore it, makes the concept sound too far fetched, like a loony conspiracy theory.
Thaksin condemns the elite for their 19th century thinking, proclaims himself a forward looking icon of the 21st century and keeps using the word equality in his speeches, yet he and his supporters still take glee in the concept of calling the other side Gay. Equality, perhaps then, only for the majority. Minorities such as Gays, those with foreign blood or upbringing (Prime Minister Abhisit has both) or anyone else he happens to disagree with are obviously less equal than others.
Yes, Tweeple, Thailand's longest serving democratically elected prime minister is now reduced to calling his opponents Gay because he has nothing more serious left to say about them.
At 10.21 he said, "and purple people have violence in their emotions." And no, he was not referring to violent emotions, but rather violence in their hearts or else the word order would have been reversed (อารมณ์รุนแรง rather than the มีความรุนแรงในอารมณ์ that he said). I am confident people of good conscience would agree with my translation as I am also sure that people who blindly love Thaksin will have said I made an incorrect, presumptuous, deliberate error in translation.
In case that clip has been removed, two more articles exist that also hit on Thaksin's homophobic remarks here (paragraph 4) and here (paragraph 2).
I believe that Thaksin should be seen for what he is. Many westerners questioned my translation on that one point as combined with the fact that virtually all foreign media ignore it, makes the concept sound too far fetched, like a loony conspiracy theory.
Thaksin condemns the elite for their 19th century thinking, proclaims himself a forward looking icon of the 21st century and keeps using the word equality in his speeches, yet he and his supporters still take glee in the concept of calling the other side Gay. Equality, perhaps then, only for the majority. Minorities such as Gays, those with foreign blood or upbringing (Prime Minister Abhisit has both) or anyone else he happens to disagree with are obviously less equal than others.
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