The people who supports the oppositions today are much educated, well informed & well exposed that those of my parent's generation, who simply have no choice but to put their faith, hope & trust in the opposition who became the main party. They were taking an enormous risk for there may not even be a future for them & they were making a huge gamble. Those who were fighting with the opposition against anybody & against the government of the day then, are worse than the hooligans you describe of today...who are pale in comparison.
The point is, there will be oppositions always..for man is never satisfied. What we are talking about is an opposition who became a leader & had became, arrogant, throw in pompous & who never, ever acknowledge their mistakes & thank the people whom the have served & who had believed in them , place hope & trust in them. They have sold the people out, that feeling run through the citizens of this country.
This is feeling is not anyone of us make it up, we have to lives here to feel it..who will dispute the fact that PAP had worked to build this country but I will reiterate again..it is the PEOPLE OF SINgapore, who worked hard with them, through their blood , sweat & tears built this nation.
Without the people. PAP is just another opposition party & back then... they were behaving like hooligans too...read your history..not HIS STORY.
You want to make SINgapore strong, everyone who is citizens here work together as one, regardless of Political affiliation, language, religion or race, giving RESPECT to each other.