Mastodawn

So over the weekend in SEA/nusantara socmed it was a bit popping on my feed because of two unrelated things, but they're all revolving around southeast asia as the Balkans of Asia (iykyk) and in the middle of the well-deserved lashings being poured on Malaysian transphobes suddenly this Thai account was like, lol Malaysia is a neocolonial project to destabilize the region, and most people are like, 1) wtf does that make you; 1a) axis collaborator; 1a-ii) collaborated so hard you simped for Hirohito and Hitler.

Anyway, the point of all that is that I'm being reminded that in a lot (A LOT) of border territories in the maritime SEA, and no judgement, you will not find it strange to find Malaysian flags as part of the local separatist expressions 😭😭😭 whyyyy don't get us involved (it's related to sociocultural facts about what constituted the "Malay World") #tootSEA #malaysia

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Dendan Setia (Nins)Apr 14, 2025

That's why I have joked about it we're expanding any territory it's going to be by mistake and via paperwork. But seriously, for a neocolonial project or whatever, there's little-to-zero appetite for expansionism.

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Dendan Setia (Nins)Apr 14, 2025

The proportion of the kind of Malaysian who'd be doing the sort of work that gets you to interact with the grassroots of the kind of people who'd tell you sincerely straight to your face, that they want to join the federation: MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK.

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Dendan Setia (Nins)Apr 14, 2025

(and we'd be over here like, why?? WHY???)

("at least you preserve the monarchy.... *sigh*" "I AM TOO LEFT FOR THIS CONVERSATION")

but like... The flags you'll see in Acheh... Or how Pattani people would cause trouble for themselves because they'd be flying the Malaysian flag 💀

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Kalvin Carefour Johnny Apr 14, 2025

@cendawanita I am not sure what the point of this post is, but I want to share my perspective. Please do not blame specific ethnic groups solely, but rather the politicians and political parties that use ethnicity as justification to gain votes at the cost of the well-being of other ethnicities. Malaysia is not a country at war, and if you are Malaysian, please remember the five national principles. Everybody deserves to be respected without discrimination or harm.

#NationalUnity #RespectForAll #Malaysia #FiveNationalPrinciples #BeyondEthnicity #PoliticalResponsibility #CommunityHarmony #InclusiveSociety #RespectAndDignity #EthicalPolitics #CivicResponsibility #Diversity #PeacefulCoexistence #NationalPride #SocialJustice #Equality #RespectWithoutDiscrimination #PoliticalAwareness #CommunitySupport #HumanRights