{"id":130,"date":"2021-09-29T09:44:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisrupt.co\/?p=130"},"modified":"2022-05-12T09:45:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T09:45:30","slug":"the-senator-who-wants-to-save-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisrupt.co\/index.php\/2021\/09\/29\/the-senator-who-wants-to-save-the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The senator who wants to save the children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fascism isn\u2019t just an authoritarian system of government. It\u2019s also a mentality that eats your mind and swallows your soul.

Senator Somchai Swangkarn is furious.

He calls it an \u201cincitement,\u201d a \u201cbrainwashing\u201d method, and a \u201cgreat danger.\u201d

He calls on the prime minister, the education minister, and the police chief to intervene to protect children as young as five years old.

He asks them to consider these \u201cvile\u201d things as Article 116, sedition.

\u201cThese media materials mean to brainwash children to become Saam-geeb Zombies,\u201d he said.

Saam-geeb means \u201cthree-hooves,\u201d slang for the three-finger salute of the pro-democracy movement.

What exactly is the senator furious about?

The Facebook Page \u0e27\u0e32\u0e14\u0e2b\u0e27\u0e31\u0e07\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e31\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e2d<\/a> (Draw Hope Books) produces eight cartoons for sale. They are:
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e19 \u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e2b\u0e31\u0e27 (Which Fable, One Without Head)
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19\u0e41\u0e04\u0e47\u0e01 \u0e41\u0e04\u0e47\u0e01 \u0e21\u0e31\u0e07\u0e01\u0e23\u0e44\u0e1f (Cough, Cough, Fiery Dragon)
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19 \u0e08 \u0e08\u0e34\u0e15\u0e23 (C. Chit) Chit Phumisak, the activist, linguist, and historian executed by Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn\u2019s regime on 5 May 1966
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e07\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1c\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e19\u0e01 (The Call of Birds)
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e34\u0e21\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e19 (Where Has Mommy Mhim Gone)
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e14\u0e19\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e22 (Little Duck) The yellow duck symbol of the pro-democracy movement
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e14\u0e47\u0e01\u0e21\u0e35\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1d\u0e31\u0e19 (Children With Dreams)
\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e19 10 \u0e23\u0e32\u0e29\u0e0e\u0e23 (10 People) The young leaders of the Ratsadon Movement

Who else is also furious?

On social media, pro-government supporters show overwhelming support for Senator Somchai.

Some of the most popular comments we found include:

\u201cMust reform the law urgently. This is too much freedom. We must be like China. Use Article 44.\u201d
(Article 44 gave General Prayut Chan-o-cha authoritarian power during his dictatorship regime. The law has been scrapped.)

\u201cThis plan has been laid for over 30 years. Keep an eye on the charity of the leader of the Saam-geeb. They are certainly behind this.\u201d
(The comment refers to Thanathorn Juangrungruangkit\u2019s Progressive Movement Charity. He\u2019s 42 and would have been 12 years old when he allegedly planned these \u201cseditious cartoons.\u201d)

\u201cThey use blue for the bad guys and red\/orange for the good guys.\u201d
(The comment refers to a color drawing of a street clash. Blue represents the King on the Thai flag. Red is Pheu Thai Party. Orange is Move Forward Party.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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