New ugly Singaporean

[theDoors]

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Jan 26, 2010
INTOLERANT AND MEAN...
New ugly S'porean
http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_482042.html

THERE is a new breed of Ugly Singaporean more sinister than the ones who cut queues, pile up the buffet plate or rush onto the bus before other passengers can alight.

Those belonging to this new breed fancy themselves as keyboard warriors and deface Internet sites with postings that are plainly worrying.

Hiding behind the anonymity of the Net, they post comments that reek of prejudice, racism and envy.

For instance, it is virtually unavoidable these days to read anti-migrant comments online. These netizens flood message boards with anti-foreign worker vitriol that degenerates into childish name calling and personal attacks on those who are courageous enough to defend foreign workers.

These ugly warriors use labels like 'traitor' frequently. The irony is that these same anonymous posters say they want to leave Singapore because they feel they are being forced out by foreigners taking their jobs.

Another example: The Eric How controversy, in which an inflammatory Facebook diatribe by an unidentified individual who called himself Eric How and claimed to be a member of Young PAP triggered a witch hunt.

As a result, two other people named Eric How were caught in the crossfire of postings about the issue.

Those in this new breed of Ugly Singaporean worry me because they suggest a sense that beneath a placid exterior lurks a collective subconscious that is intolerant, mean and narrow-minded.

Keith Gerard Tan

Someone is afraid of the Keyboard warrior...

 

[theDoors]

The keyboard warrior was not born in a single day.

The many unpublished letters to newspaper forums.
The many GRCs walkovers.
1 man illegal assembly.

It is the cumulation of these events that forge the birth of the keyboard warrior.

 

[theDoors]

There is another... The podcast DJ...

From poster child to public enemy

Mr Brown...

 

[theDoors]

Opinion piece from Temasek Review

Smear campaign against “new ugly Singaporeans"

http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/01/26/smear-campaign-against-netizens-is-ypap-fighting-back/

 

[theDoors]

Expert opinion weights in

ST Forum
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Jan 27, 2010
Keyboard warriors? New ugly S'poreans are more like cyber terrorists
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST+Forum/Online+Story/STIStory_482441.html

I APPLAUD Mr Keith Gerard Tan for courageously and publicly condemning the new breed of ugly Singaporeans in his Forum letter yesterday ("New ugly Singaporean").

These "cyber terrorists", as I call them, are cowards who hide behind the cloak of anonymity to sow the seeds of discontent. To speak about their acts of cyber terrorism and call them keyboard warriors will only give them prominence and encourage them to continue writing and posting more garbage on the Internet.

I urge Mr Tan not to worry about the new breed of ugly Singaporeans. They will soon cease to be keyboard warriors when we stop paying attention to them.

Lionel De Souza

Interesting comments on Mr De Souza's expert opinion
http://comment.straitstimes.com/showthread.php?t=29552

 

[theDoors]

A call to all...

Join the faceless many...

 

[theDoors]

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Be afraid... Be very afraid...

 

[Kid278]

The keyboard warrior was not born in a single day.

The many unpublished letters to newspaper forums.
The many GRCs walkovers.
1 man illegal assembly.

It is the cumulation of these events that forge the birth of the keyboard warrior.

Precisely. Lionel De Souza dont underestimate the power of the net. And Keith Gerard Tan, you think you are the good one, well think again man in the mirror.

 

[theDoors]

Precisely. Lionel De Souza dont underestimate the power of the net. And Keith Gerard Tan, you think you are the good one, well think again man in the mirror.

According to them, they are the worthy keyboard warriors.

We the rest are the cyber terrorists.

 

[tonychat]

I thought most of them are keyboard sinkie losers here. The ballessness are shown in every of their post.

 

[theDoors]

I thought most of them are keyboard sinkie losers here. The ballessness are shown in every of their post.

Including yourself I supposed.

 

[theDoors]

 

[Kid278]

According to them, they are the worthy keyboard warriors.

We the rest are the cyber terrorists.

That's what they think they are, they're mothing but dogs and slaves of tyrants. Keyboard warriors, it's a shame to even think about it let alone worthy.

We speak our mind, we expose tyrants, we challenge injustice and the list goes on. The truth always hurts, cyber warriors or terrorist, we report readers decide.