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The Golden One
- March 08, 2026
Have you head about the Buddhist monk Wirathu?
Episode Stats
Length
1 minute
Words per Minute
172.26149
Word Count
260
Sentence Count
10
Hate Speech Sentences
2
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The Buddhist Tiger of Burma. On the front cover of the Time Magazine edition from July 2013,
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the face of a Buddhist monk is seen, alongside the title of The Face of Buddhist Terror.
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The image of the monk is edited and presented in a subtle but telling way.
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He is meant to look sinister. Just a quick look at the picture on the text and the message
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becomes abundantly clear. The article can, without a doubt, be labelled as a hit piece.
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the monk in question is named viratu and there are plenty of other pictures and videos of him
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in those one can analyze his physiognomy without the distortion of the hostile depiction present
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by time magazine viratu has a noble and kind physiognomy his eyes reveal a great burden
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perhaps a certain sadness even they also reveal that he is a man who has had enough a man whose
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patience has been pushed to the limit for a long time burma now also known as myanmar
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has been a troubled country for many years and religious figures like Viratu have served a
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fundamental role in bringing harmony and spiritual guidance to the people.
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What is particularly interesting about Viratu is how he has been treated by the media.
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This treatment will be intimately familiar for everyone who has in some capacity engaged
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themselves in the cause for European civilization. In order to understand why a buddhist monk is
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being labelled as a terrorist and Islamophobe, we must first discuss Burma's ethnic composition
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and intriguing modern history.
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