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


Summary

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Transcript

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00:00:00.160 The Buddhist Tiger of Burma. On the front cover of the Time Magazine edition from July 2013,
00:00:07.520 the face of a Buddhist monk is seen, alongside the title of The Face of Buddhist Terror.
00:00:13.440 The image of the monk is edited and presented in a subtle but telling way.
00:00:17.440 He is meant to look sinister. Just a quick look at the picture on the text and the message
00:00:22.400 becomes abundantly clear. The article can, without a doubt, be labelled as a hit piece.
00:00:28.000 the monk in question is named viratu and there are plenty of other pictures and videos of him
00:00:33.840 in those one can analyze his physiognomy without the distortion of the hostile depiction present
00:00:39.520 by time magazine viratu has a noble and kind physiognomy his eyes reveal a great burden
00:00:46.160 perhaps a certain sadness even they also reveal that he is a man who has had enough a man whose
00:00:51.520 patience has been pushed to the limit for a long time burma now also known as myanmar
00:00:57.440 has been a troubled country for many years and religious figures like Viratu have served a
00:01:02.320 fundamental role in bringing harmony and spiritual guidance to the people.
00:01:06.960 What is particularly interesting about Viratu is how he has been treated by the media.
00:01:11.520 This treatment will be intimately familiar for everyone who has in some capacity engaged
00:01:16.960 themselves in the cause for European civilization. In order to understand why a buddhist monk is
00:01:22.880 being labelled as a terrorist and Islamophobe, we must first discuss Burma's ethnic composition
00:01:28.240 and intriguing modern history.