They are so brave, not! Cowards and scum every one

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Meh.... it couuld happen anywhere. Or so some would say.

Isn't this charming! I thoroughly enjoyed this public display of red-shirts exercising their democratic right to assault and battery!

The longer I watch this, the more I see a striking resemblance to another political movement's rise to power in 1930's Europe.

If the plot plays out the same way, we'll soon see reports of non-red shopkeepers dragged into the street and their businesses set on fire, with the authorities standing around, wringing their hands.

Hopefully these ppl are arrested.

Photo looks very staged almost as if his fist is not moving, if it was it might have been the monk's karma to get a smack

A nonsense post with essentially paid to post allegation has been removed.

redshirt scum....anyone going to defend that...

Oh yes...... give it a dozen posts and someone will crawl out and attempt just that.

you were nine off. It took twenty one.

If this video does do viral it will make calling Thais jerks look almost restrained.

Tough job ahead for the Ministry of Thainess' propaganda department now with the world looking on at Thailand's criminal police, endemic corruption, mistreatment of elephants, human trafficking, widespread prostitution, polluted beaches, assorted tourist scams and now beating up Buddhist monks.

Goebbels had it easy compared to this.

Thai monks should keep to doing monk-like things and keep their nose out of politics. Amazing all the Thaivisa experts having an orgasm over this. Didn't see much written by these same exerts over the taxi driver beaten into a coma by PDRC or the under cover police beaten by PDRC guards and then interrogated by that rat- bag monk who set up the stage at Chaeng Wattana.

It is not fair to compare a taxi driver or an undercover cop to a monk. Reds are desperate while they watch themselves lose in the political game so they resort to violence, once again.

Seems the reds don't need Buddhism any longer, they've got Thaksin to worship.

According to Komchadluek (in Thai) , there was a scuffle between red shirts and PDRC in Nonthaburi area, the monk happened to walk into the scene, asked people to stop beating each other. He was accused by red shirts of being PDRC in disguise then got assaulted.

Sad thing is plenty of police were present at the scene, but they did nothing - just watched the incident as spectators.

It would not have surprised me in the slighted had some fake farmers come in to defend the fake monk from the very real violence being perpetrated against him. Put that to Benny Hill music in fast forward and it typifies the PTP logic in motion.

Glad the monk is safe and I hope the red shirts were arrested for assault.

It's too bad the monks here aren't of the "Shaolin" type.

REDS SHIRT are not respect for The Country......

REDS SHIRT are not respect for Religion.....

Pretty pathetic how both sides latch on to any provocative video or incident to justify their point of view.

Why not condemn violence on all sides?

Anyone who's core message can not stand up to opposing views

and must stifle them with violence has a defective message,

that they are trying violently to deliver, or make be the ONLY message heard.

This has been the Red Shirts modus operandi, since before they were called Red Shirts,

and were still un-coagulated roving bands of northern dissenters. Before Thaksin gave

them a central leadership to direct their malevolence.

I hope the monk presses charges and all of those involved in the assult end up in jail serving as Bubba's little princess.

and take Jatuporn with them.

Thai Buddhism at its finest. Shameful. They will then go and tamboon 20 baht at the nearest temple.

It's called Democracy - the Red shirt way

Pretty pathetic how both sides latch on to any provocative video or incident to justify their point of view.

Why not condemn violence on all sides?

you must miss the stories /or just choose to when everyone condemns these actions on all.so dont go there your better than that surely ... ..i think a few more future votes have gone down the swanny..

redshirt scum....anyone going to defend that...

I must be color blaind.

Look like BLACK shirt to me.

This so called monk "approached the Redshirts before berating them for their actions and making other impolite remarks". Where in the monk's code of conduct does it allow berating and making impolite remarks. Reports of monks molesting children, selling drugs, etc. are commonplace in Thailand. This monk was not acting like a monk & therefore was not treated like a monk. I suppose he was a monk from the Luang Pu Issara school of monk hood, i.e. leading a heavily armed group of terrorists to break the law on a daily basis.

I'm sure he wasn't alone.... that old lady with a walking stick in the shadows looked threatening for a start. She could have hobbled over and got involved at any moment. No wonder the mob of red shirts felt they had to protect themselves the way they did.

Photo looks very staged almost as if his fist is not moving, if it was it might have been the monk's karma to get a smack

However it is the red paper.

Clearly not enough evidence for Tarit to press charges.

Democracy Thai Rouge style. I'm scared for the future of this country.

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redshirt scum....anyone going to defend that...

I must be color blaind.

Look like BLACK shirt to me.

Red Shirts were told to wear black to mourn the decision to annul the election. It is not about dress code, but gang membership!

He is not a monk, just a yellow shirt ruining the name of Buddhism, playing politics and wearing a yellow robe. An absolute disgrace.

He shouldnt be beaten though, he should be disrobed, named and shamed.

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Hopefully these ppl are arrested.

About 0% chance I'd say.

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24 years ago I have been short time farang baby monk in Thailand.

What I learnt is the basic Teaching of the Buddha. Learn to see "what is what".

Then: Open mind, open heart, open mouth.

This monk did it. I'm with him.

He is not a monk, just a yellow shirt ruining the name of Buddhism, playing politics and wearing a yellow robe. An absolute disgrace.

He shouldnt be beaten though, he should be disrobed, named and shamed.

Where's the evidence for that?

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Buddhist scriptures for a start. They explicityly forbit politics