- There was a pre-existing prejudice towards muslims/rohinyga in Burma/myanmar by the dominant Buddhist population.
No , i am 40 years old and before Rohingya crisis we have no hate towards muslim but have to admit we don't even know Rohingya race exist at all . The general populace is very peaceful towards muslim .
- it became easier for anti-muslim voices in Myanmar to spread their message.
The anti-muslim voice are not from civlians , they are from Junta and Hardline Junta who lost power due to democratic transition and the Hardline Party called USDP . So it is political as evident now as their failure and lead to coup.
- Facebook was warned on many occasions that users attributing the violence against Buddhists to Muslims was leading to calls for violence against the Muslim minority, with multiple meetings/discussions by Myanmar and western sources at Facebook hq itself, only for Facebook to not take any action but instead focus on increasing engagement .
Deaths and killing are done by military junta , with and without uniform - to look like civilians and their sponsored grouped called MaBaTha .
My apologies. I was just trying to summarize the op’s contention about what’s transpired with Facebook there. I have no reason to doubt what you say is mostly true, but do you think that some of the general Buddhist population, beyond the Junta/leadership/dictatorship, had anti-Muslim/Rohingya sentiment before Facebook was widely available and so it was those voices who were amplified when Facebook’s growth accelerated in the country? The primary person the article cites was a Buddhist monk from what I understand.
It has been long-standing government policy to deny the existence of Rohingya as an ethnic group, claiming that they're immigrants from Bangladesh, in order to deny them citizenship; this being a manifestation of pre-existing prejudice towards Muslims/Rohingya by the dominant political groups, both military junta and democratically elected civilians. (Though I think attributing this to Buddhists in general is just as much a mistake as attributing a crime to Muslims in general.)
So it's unsurprising if you hadn't heard anything negative about Rohingya, but maybe you heard something negative about ကုလား or some other moniker meant to deny them recognition.
Aung San Suu Kyi herself famously refused to even utter the word "Rohingya" while defending her dear generals against the genocide accusations, so I don't think you can put blame only on the junta/USDP and absolve the NLD from all responsiblity.
Recently, the NUG has started making noise about finally reforming the citizenship law, so maybe the situation will improve in the future, but I could also see them renege on their promises in the event they win the civil war and are no longer as reliant on international support.
> Aung San Suu Kyi herself famously refused to even utter the word "Rohingya" while defending her dear generals against the genocide accusations, so I don't think you can put blame only on the junta/USDP and absolve the NLD from all responsiblity.
Well , Whole internal affairs is under Junta even tho NLD are elected. Guns are pointed at her , and examples are given to U Ko Ne . She don't have much choice.
No , i am 40 years old and before Rohingya crisis we have no hate towards muslim but have to admit we don't even know Rohingya race exist at all . The general populace is very peaceful towards muslim .
- it became easier for anti-muslim voices in Myanmar to spread their message.
The anti-muslim voice are not from civlians , they are from Junta and Hardline Junta who lost power due to democratic transition and the Hardline Party called USDP . So it is political as evident now as their failure and lead to coup.
- Facebook was warned on many occasions that users attributing the violence against Buddhists to Muslims was leading to calls for violence against the Muslim minority, with multiple meetings/discussions by Myanmar and western sources at Facebook hq itself, only for Facebook to not take any action but instead focus on increasing engagement .
Deaths and killing are done by military junta , with and without uniform - to look like civilians and their sponsored grouped called MaBaTha .