Have you ever...

Have you ever felt like something needs to be said but you chose not to say it for whatever reason?
This is me, doing what I feel needs to be done in order for us to progress as a nation. The internet landscape in Singapore is such that, most of the people who talk about politics are detractors of the government. In reality, as evidenced by election results, the majority of people in Singapore are happy with the government. Why is it then that you don't see more people sticking up for the government on websites like The Online Citizen(TOC) or The Temasek Review(TR)(Search Engine Optimisation at work here hahaha)?

The reasons for the majority being silent are manifold. For one, they may fear being abused online for expressing a differing opinion by the multitude of empty vessels that are online(of course here, I refer only to the empty vessels. Those who have many words to say but nothing of substance to contribute). Just a quick visit to sites like these(TOC and TR) and you'll notice an overwhelming tsunami of negativity. The moment someone even begins to show hints of support for the government, he/she is struck down and crushed like a cockroach(You'll have to imagine it like it's being said by Margaret Chan in Masters of the Sea). It's no wonder you'll almost never find a platform where rational discourse can be conducted about the state of Singapore politics.

Secondly, and more likely, they may be too comfortable in thinking that regardless of what the opposition supporters might say online, the support for the PAP is too strong for it to have any effect and thus, they don't need to do anything. Why expend energy on fighting a fight you think you'll win regardless of whether you do anything or not.

The consequence of allowing this to go on is far too tragic for me to sit idly by. If the Silent Majority doesn't speak out, net-savvy neutrals will be easily swayed to the nonsense(I am of course by no means suggesting that everything the opposition puts forth is nonsense) of the opposition and slowly but surely, if they don't hear a balanced perspective this will result in the real life effect of the incumbent government losing much valued votes simply because these neutrals are only exposed to one point of view and not because the opposition are necessarily better or more competent.

This is where I stick my neck out for my country. I'll take the flak, I'll take the criticisms, I'll take people calling me a PAP dog. As long as I can get even some people talking rationally and neutrally about the state of Singapore politics, I believe my job is done.

Here on this blog, I intend to be the voice of The Silent Majority. The views that I will express will entirely be my own. Some in the silent majority might disagree, in which case, they're more than welcome to express their own opinion and in doing so, the objective would have been achieved because they finally speak out.

The empty vessels of our little city state have carried on their cacophonous refrain for far too long. This is the first step to constructive discourse.