Saturday, December 8, 2018

A hitch hiker’s guide to the Anti-ICERD rally

They had to rally and so rally they did! That the rally began with a bang but quickly fizzled out in under 3 hours no thanks to a slight drizzle was, as far as this spectator could tell, pre-ordained. Oh, it was nicely organised and the boys picked up after themselves which was very nice. But the rally was largely uninspied, insipid even.

Speaker after speaker, blow after blow, spoke of the same blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda, the Malays ate under threat, the religion insulted, the “outsiders” are at the gates. This fortress mentality spoke of volumes of what was to come. But it didn’t inspire Much. It was the same tired old tale. Even zahid hamidi looked tired as he poured out his rhetorical best under a fevered (literally) brow. Hadi was as usual at his hypocritical best, shouting out historical juicy bits and dinosaur-era grandfather’s stories. Most of the speakers took on More form than substance but who could blame them? There weren’t much to harangue against except one’s old familiar demons of the DAP/they -threaten-us-old cloth. All cut out in an orderly fashion, of course. But yawnous, no doubt. If you came to this rally expecting something new and inspirational, sorry pal. The lukewarm crowd, the drizzly spell, maybe the overcast skies made it all seem so ... ORDINARY?

But bersyukurlah, at least it was peaceful. So they had to rally, and rally they did! Over and out, next.

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