How Many Current Redshirt Posters On Thai Visa Are Serious?

[Ulysses G.]

I don't think the few posters who have continued to support the redshirts after May 19 are being sincere. my guess is that they are just having "fun" making others angry. What do you think?

[simon43]

You could say the same about all the Yellow Shirt supporters on this forum. Surely they must all be trolls? No-one could be that naive, well could they??

Simon (neither red nor yellow - sort of dirty brown color)

[StreetCowboy]

The poll seems to ask a different question from the thread caption.

My answer is: SEVEN

[mahtin]

Maybe, if entrenched in Esarn.

[Livinginexile]

The revolution is not over!

We may have lost the battle but the war is FAR from over

[wester]

Anger management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Methods of anger management

Psychologists recommend a balanced approach to anger, which both controls the emotion and allows the emotion to express itself in a healthy way. Some descriptions of actions of anger management are:

• Direct, such as not beating around the bush, making behaviour visible and conspicuous, using body language to indicate feelings clearly and honestly, anger directed at persons concerned.
• Honorable, such as making it apparent that there is some clear moral basis for the anger, being prepared to argue your case, never using manipulation or emotional blackmail, never abusing another person's basic human rights, never unfairly hurting the weak or defenseless, taking responsibility for actions.
• Focused, such as sticking to the issue of concern, not bringing up irrelevant material.
• Persistent, such as repeating the expression of feeling in the argument over and over again, standing your ground, self defense.
• Courageous, such as taking calculated risks, enduring short term discomfort for long term gain, risking displeasure of some people some of the time, taking the lead, not showing fear of other's anger, standing outside the crowd and owning up to differences, using self-protective skills.
• Passionate, such as using full power of the body to show intensity of feeling, being excited and motivated, acting dynamically and energetically, initiating change, showing fervent caring, being fiercely protective, enthusing others.
• Creative, such as thinking quickly, using more wit, spontaneously coming up with new ideas and new views on subject.
• Forgiveness, such as demonstrating a willingness to hear other people's anger and grievances, showing an ability to wipe the slate clean once anger has been expressed.
• Listen to what is being said to you. Anger creates a hostility filter, and often all you can hear is negatively toned.

A common skill used in most anger management programs is learning assertive communication techniques. Assertive communication is the appropriate use of expressing feelings and needs without offending or taking away the rights of others. It is typically started with the use of "I" statements followed by a need statement. For example, "I feel upset when you don't take my feelings into consideration when you talk about your past relationships. I hope you can be more thoughtful and know what you should and should not say the next time."

With regard to interpersonal anger, Dr. Eva L. Feindler^[1] recommends that people try, in the heat of an angry moment, to see if they can understand where the alleged perpetrator is coming from. Empathy is very difficult when one is angry but it can make all the difference in the world. Taking the other person's point of view can be excruciating when in the throes of anger, but with practice it can become second nature. Of course, once the angry person is in conditions of considering the opposite position, then the anger based on righteous indignation tends to disappear.

[phutoie2]

Ditto, I live in a red shirt town,red shirt province and married to a red shirt Thai,its got sweet FA to do with me!.

Farangs keep out of Thai politics- a stupid poll.

Oops, why did I waste 5 mins on that?.

[mahtin]

Ditto, I live in a red shirt town,red shirt province and married to a red shirt Thai,its got sweet FA to do with me!.

Farangs keep out of Thai politics- a stupid poll.

Oops, why did I waste 5 mins on that?.

You're a slow typer.

[longtom]

I found quite a few being influenced by their girfriend/wife (and not using the internet).

And 1 or 2 old communists who still think the reds are a grass-root movement and are basically hoping for a revolution. Somehow they mange to blind out Thaksin.

[Jingthing]

So, is it now OK for us to start political threads in the general forum???!!!!????

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[Livinginexile]

I found quite a few being influenced by their girfriend/wife (and not using the internet).

And 1 or 2 old communists who still think the reds are a grass-root movement and are basically hoping for a revolution. Somehow they mange to blind out Thaksin.

Oh thats right, I allmost forgot!

Thaksin is the only corrupt politician ever in Thai politics

Carry on

[Jingthing]

The revolution is not over!

We may have lost the battle but the war is FAR from over

Just remember that most of the most horrendous dictators in the world today were started by movements that claimed they were freedom fighters.

[yabaaaa]

Red /Yellow all <deleted>!! 3 years olds could do things better.

[tw25rw]

So many of the pro red posts are from people I had already filtered out for posting gibberish and general inanities that the second option made sense to me.

And one or 2 of those that I had blocked have ben posting their most intelligent and enlightened posts as anti red posters (think Jingthing whose drivel I usually ignore.)

[tw25rw]

I found quite a few being influenced by their girfriend/wife (and not using the internet).

And 1 or 2 old communists who still think the reds are a grass-root movement and are basically hoping for a revolution. Somehow they mange to blind out Thaksin.

Oh thats right, I allmost forgot!

Thaksin is the only corrupt politician ever in Thai politics

Carry on

That isn't really the point. The reds just aren't the grass roots pro disadvantaged movement they promote themselves as. If there was a movement that promoted the interests of the poor and which excluded those elements that disgraced themselves in Bangkok and which didn't accept funds from squalid would be dictators, then supporting them would make much more sense.

[longtom]

I found quite a few being influenced by their girfriend/wife (and not using the internet).

And 1 or 2 old communists who still think the reds are a grass-root movement and are basically hoping for a revolution. Somehow they mange to blind out Thaksin.

Oh thats right, I allmost forgot!

Thaksin is the only corrupt politician ever in Thai politics

Carry on

Where did I say that ?

Please don't carry on.

[Ulysses G.]

So, is it now OK for us to start political threads in the general forum???!!!!????

I thought that ended along with the curfew, but mods feel free to delete or move the poll if it is breaking any rules. I would love to know if any of the current redshirt promoters are really on the up and up, but it does not look like we will find out here.  

[Huey]

I think they were nut case losers then and the ones that haven't woken up after their blatant terrorism as of late, are even more so.

[cdnvic]

Sorry, but as pointed out in the pinned topic, we are trying to keep General clear of politics so that it doesn't take over the whole forum.

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