- Gerakan councillor's speech goes viral, gets bashing
- Gerakan councillor's speech goes viral, gets bashing
It is rare for online videos of BN politicians giving speeches to go viral, but one relatively unknown Gerakan politician has managed to buck this trend.
The video in question is a 20-minute speech in Cantonese by Ipoh City Council member Ceylyn Tay at a 1Malaysia event on Jan 7 in Ipoh.
Wasting no time, Tay launched into a tirade against Pakatan Rakyat, arguing that the birth of coalition had led to more racialism resulting in an undesirable "two-race system". As such, Malaysia should not have a two-party system.
The original YouTube clip , uploaded by user TalkEastTalkWest, was taken down yesterday afternoon after about 16,000 views.
An overwhelming majority of 1,237 viewers who voted on the video gave it the ‘thumbs down', compared to 24 who gave it the ‘thumbs up'.
But within hours after the video being taken down, several copies were uploaded on YouTube and are being widely shared through social networking websites.
Viewers have continued to pour scorn on Tay in the comments section of the uploaded video and there is even a Facebook page dedicated to condemning the video .
Tay has also earned herself the moniker 'Ms Equality' due to portions of her speech in which she said the Chinese community cannot expect equal treatment because they are a minority.
Contacted late yesterday evening, Tay defended her speech and slammed her critics for being "shallow" and failing to comprehend her arguments.
She claimed that they had failed to grasp the subject and were merely aping the comments of others.
"I did not have the opportunity (on stage) to delve deeper into some of the subjects," she lamented.
Nevertheless, Tay said she believes that most participants, reportedly numbering 3,000, at the dinner were receptive of her speech and had pointed out to some Facebook critics that her freedom of speech should be respected.
'One-party system is best'
In the clip, Tay accused the DAP of pitting the Chinese against one another by using a strategy of urging voters to punish Umno by voting out MCA and Gerakan.
"But people do not see a problem with this logic - A commits a crime, B is punished and C is used to suppress A. What does this have to do with B?" she asked.
On the 1Malaysia slogan, Tay told the audience that Chinese Malaysians must be realistic because Malays make up the majority of the people. As such, complete equality cannot be expected.
She said Malaysia should not have a two-party system because its society is not homogenous, unlike in the US or UK.
"A two-party system such as in the US and UK can exist because they are single-race countries. In a single-race country, you can have a two-party system because there is no racial differences.
"But in Malaysia, we can't. The worst outcome here is to have a two-race system. This is not beneficial to the Chinese. Everyone should think carefully."
A number of YouTube and Facebook commenters have retorted to her anti-two-party system outburst by asking: "Is Obama white?"
On her newfound infamy online, Tay said she may have been targetted because she is female and the video clip was titled with humour.
"If the clip hasd been entitled ‘1Malaysia talk', then there would be less attention," she said.
Tay said she considers herself a minor political personality and that the adversity that she is facing now may bring some good.
"Facing such a situation is a good way to train my EQ (emotional intelligence)," she said.
Some of the interactions she has had with critics happened on her Facebook page, which Tay has temporarily disabled because some critics had acted 'unreasonably'.
"(Moreover,) my Facebook page has a lot of pictures of me at work. I don't want them using Photoshop to doctor these pictures," she said.
Tay later clarified that she had taken down her Facebook fan page, not her Facebook page.
FROM YAHOO! MALAYSIA-NEWS
*back into the abyss of death*
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