Abominating adversary: Deflecting dissent
Media Communications Center
March 03, 2007
Abominating adversary: Deflecting dissent
Source:Sachet Samaj
It has become quite apparent that any SPAM critic will immediately be accused of being a royalist stooge. If maoist victims stage protests, the royalists are blamed for organizing it. If the Madheshis revolt, the royalists are accused of infiltrating and inciting the rioting. If the water level to generate electricity recedes, the royalist malfeasance is held responsible for the forty hours of darkness. If any one writes against the SPAM, it is imputed as Royalist propaganda. Now, if anything unfavourable befalls upon SPAM, rather than addressing it in a befitting manner, we can naturally expect them to blame the adversity on the royalists.
In the last couple of months, any opposition to the SPAM stance and policies has triggered a vicious tirade from both the SPAM leaders and lackeys. As if operating with blinders on, any criticism, mishap or anything unpalatable has instantaneously prompted an incriminating diatribe against the royalists. Regardless of the provenance or the content of the criticism, the SPAMers have made it their onus to stigmatize any criticism as a conspiracy against the people. And without much contemplation, point the finger towards the royalists.
Taking SPAM's crusade to excise the monarchy into consideration, such vilifying undertakings sound rational. Disdained as an intrusive adversary and an obstacle to its self-declared supremacy, SPAM's scorn against the King and his cohorts is quite reasonable as well. But the irrelevant vilification negates every ounce of maturity and rationality.
Since SPAM ascended to power following the April uprising, Nepali ears have been inundated with SPAM's vengeful rants. Locution such as: reactionary, regressive, royalist, feudal, despotic, autocratic, mandale, and conspiracy weavers have become banal in the SPAM lexicon. Initially, the slanderous slurs were fired at the Royalists. However, as time passed, many have come to realise SPAM's erratic demeanour. Now, SPAM has started vilifying any obstacle or opposition with the same slurs they used against the Royalists. From what is becoming more evident, it is not simply the royalists the SPAM intends on denigrating. It is also schemingly trying to silence any arising voices of dissent. Quite wily, they seemed to have discovered the antidote to keeping all criticisms at bay. So, by branding any opposition as a royalist ploy, they have thus far managed to deflect most criticism.
Whether it is an allegation for the deteriorating security situation, or the unpicked garbage, SPAM has shirked responsibility at every turn by deflecting the blame onto the royalists. With the partisan media and civil society in its pocket, SPAM continues to irresponsibly lounge with impunity. And furthermore, the blessing of the credulous international community has only emboldened SPAM.
However, in spite of the beefed up SPAM's outer persona, lack of intestinal fortitude is exposed by the use of pale insipid verbiage to counter criticism. Incessant use of such verbiage to deflect criticism is only exposing their immaturity and ignorance. While the SPAM leaders take relish in pontificating the norms and principles of democracy, the lack of guts to stomach dissent and respond to it in a responsible manner invalidates their democratic embodiment.
Vengeful and addicted to the seat of power, fissiparous and utterly incompetent, SPAM survives mainly because the opposition is mute and the people are patiently hoping for normality. However, in the circle of politics, neither will last forever. The continuation of SPAM's predisposed tendency to deflect dissent instead of undertaking mitigating measures is only inflaming people's impatience. And the trend to abominate criticism has certainly snowballed opposition and brewed a cloud of fulmination. It would only be judicious for its own sustainability that SPAM transcends beyond petty blame games. If it fails to deliver the dividend of peace and development to the people of Nepal, they will be rendered with the same political nemesis that befell on the King and his cohorts.
Source:Sachet Samaj
Source:Sachet Samaj
It has become quite apparent that any SPAM critic will immediately be accused of being a royalist stooge. If maoist victims stage protests, the royalists are blamed for organizing it. If the Madheshis revolt, the royalists are accused of infiltrating and inciting the rioting. If the water level to generate electricity recedes, the royalist malfeasance is held responsible for the forty hours of darkness. If any one writes against the SPAM, it is imputed as Royalist propaganda. Now, if anything unfavourable befalls upon SPAM, rather than addressing it in a befitting manner, we can naturally expect them to blame the adversity on the royalists.
In the last couple of months, any opposition to the SPAM stance and policies has triggered a vicious tirade from both the SPAM leaders and lackeys. As if operating with blinders on, any criticism, mishap or anything unpalatable has instantaneously prompted an incriminating diatribe against the royalists. Regardless of the provenance or the content of the criticism, the SPAMers have made it their onus to stigmatize any criticism as a conspiracy against the people. And without much contemplation, point the finger towards the royalists.
Taking SPAM's crusade to excise the monarchy into consideration, such vilifying undertakings sound rational. Disdained as an intrusive adversary and an obstacle to its self-declared supremacy, SPAM's scorn against the King and his cohorts is quite reasonable as well. But the irrelevant vilification negates every ounce of maturity and rationality.
Since SPAM ascended to power following the April uprising, Nepali ears have been inundated with SPAM's vengeful rants. Locution such as: reactionary, regressive, royalist, feudal, despotic, autocratic, mandale, and conspiracy weavers have become banal in the SPAM lexicon. Initially, the slanderous slurs were fired at the Royalists. However, as time passed, many have come to realise SPAM's erratic demeanour. Now, SPAM has started vilifying any obstacle or opposition with the same slurs they used against the Royalists. From what is becoming more evident, it is not simply the royalists the SPAM intends on denigrating. It is also schemingly trying to silence any arising voices of dissent. Quite wily, they seemed to have discovered the antidote to keeping all criticisms at bay. So, by branding any opposition as a royalist ploy, they have thus far managed to deflect most criticism.
Whether it is an allegation for the deteriorating security situation, or the unpicked garbage, SPAM has shirked responsibility at every turn by deflecting the blame onto the royalists. With the partisan media and civil society in its pocket, SPAM continues to irresponsibly lounge with impunity. And furthermore, the blessing of the credulous international community has only emboldened SPAM.
However, in spite of the beefed up SPAM's outer persona, lack of intestinal fortitude is exposed by the use of pale insipid verbiage to counter criticism. Incessant use of such verbiage to deflect criticism is only exposing their immaturity and ignorance. While the SPAM leaders take relish in pontificating the norms and principles of democracy, the lack of guts to stomach dissent and respond to it in a responsible manner invalidates their democratic embodiment.
Vengeful and addicted to the seat of power, fissiparous and utterly incompetent, SPAM survives mainly because the opposition is mute and the people are patiently hoping for normality. However, in the circle of politics, neither will last forever. The continuation of SPAM's predisposed tendency to deflect dissent instead of undertaking mitigating measures is only inflaming people's impatience. And the trend to abominate criticism has certainly snowballed opposition and brewed a cloud of fulmination. It would only be judicious for its own sustainability that SPAM transcends beyond petty blame games. If it fails to deliver the dividend of peace and development to the people of Nepal, they will be rendered with the same political nemesis that befell on the King and his cohorts.
Source:Sachet Samaj
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