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YPAP member resorts to smearing critic’s character to silence him on Facebook
•December 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Unable to defeat a dogged critic in a debate, a YPAP member had resorted to posting personal details about him on the YPAP Facebook in a desperate bid to discredit him and smear his moral character, reminiscent of the dirty underhanded tactic commonly employed by the PAP to demolish its opponents in past elections.
Mr Alex Tan had been posting his outspoken views on the YPAP Facebook against policies like national service (NS) and the Central Provident Fund for the past six months before being barred from posting lately.
YPAP administrators accused Mr Tan of indulging in name-calling and vulgarities without substantiating their claims while Mr Tan counter-accused them of starting the flame war first.
A YPAP member had revealed on the YPAP Facebook Mr Tan had been put in detention barracks for five days last year, for writing a blog post listing the number of people who have died while serving NS since 2000.
Mr Tan felt they (YPAP) should handle him by the content of his posts, and not his person. YPAP has since deleted the majorityof Mr Tan’s posts.
He should not be surprised as the PAP is adept at resorting to character assassination to cripple their opponents as epitomized by their “fixing” of J.B. Jeyaretnam, Francis Seow, Jufrie Mahmood, Tang Liang Hong, Dr Chee Soon Juan and James Gomez in the past.
As expected, PAP MP and Vice-Chairman of YPAP Mr Zaqy Mohamad jumped to the defence of YPAP in Sunday Times today:
“We would not ban someone just for making anti-establishment remarks. It must have been because those remarks were harsh and malicious,” he noted.
It is obvious that Mr Tan must have ruffled the feathers of the YPAP with his hard-hitting diatribes as it is the first time the YPAP has resorted to banning a netizen from posting on its Facebook.
The rising tide of anti-establishment sentiment in cyberspace continues to impede the YPAP’s efforts to reach out to the online community.
A YPAP member and new citizen from India Mr Fredric Fanthome who blogged on the P65 blog, was rapped lately for his callous comments on the opposition’s reaction to the proposed “cooling-off” day.
Mr Fanthome had criticized the Singapore opposition for its “knee-jerk” response and exhorted it to provide “constructive criticisms” to policies instead of “opposing for the sake of opposing”.
Despite investing large amount of money, manpower and resources into the new media such as revamping the PAP and YPAP websites, the PAP has yet to make its presence felt in Singapore blogosphere which is dominated by independent players who are often critical of the establishment.
YPAP member resorts to smearing critic’s character to silence him on Facebook
•December 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Unable to defeat a dogged critic in a debate, a YPAP member had resorted to posting personal details about him on the YPAP Facebook in a desperate bid to discredit him and smear his moral character, reminiscent of the dirty underhanded tactic commonly employed by the PAP to demolish its opponents in past elections.
Mr Alex Tan had been posting his outspoken views on the YPAP Facebook against policies like national service (NS) and the Central Provident Fund for the past six months before being barred from posting lately.
YPAP administrators accused Mr Tan of indulging in name-calling and vulgarities without substantiating their claims while Mr Tan counter-accused them of starting the flame war first.
A YPAP member had revealed on the YPAP Facebook Mr Tan had been put in detention barracks for five days last year, for writing a blog post listing the number of people who have died while serving NS since 2000.
Mr Tan felt they (YPAP) should handle him by the content of his posts, and not his person. YPAP has since deleted the majorityof Mr Tan’s posts.
He should not be surprised as the PAP is adept at resorting to character assassination to cripple their opponents as epitomized by their “fixing” of J.B. Jeyaretnam, Francis Seow, Jufrie Mahmood, Tang Liang Hong, Dr Chee Soon Juan and James Gomez in the past.
As expected, PAP MP and Vice-Chairman of YPAP Mr Zaqy Mohamad jumped to the defence of YPAP in Sunday Times today:
“We would not ban someone just for making anti-establishment remarks. It must have been because those remarks were harsh and malicious,” he noted.
It is obvious that Mr Tan must have ruffled the feathers of the YPAP with his hard-hitting diatribes as it is the first time the YPAP has resorted to banning a netizen from posting on its Facebook.
The rising tide of anti-establishment sentiment in cyberspace continues to impede the YPAP’s efforts to reach out to the online community.
A YPAP member and new citizen from India Mr Fredric Fanthome who blogged on the P65 blog, was rapped lately for his callous comments on the opposition’s reaction to the proposed “cooling-off” day.
Mr Fanthome had criticized the Singapore opposition for its “knee-jerk” response and exhorted it to provide “constructive criticisms” to policies instead of “opposing for the sake of opposing”.
Despite investing large amount of money, manpower and resources into the new media such as revamping the PAP and YPAP websites, the PAP has yet to make its presence felt in Singapore blogosphere which is dominated by independent players who are often critical of the establishment.
