Remember when you point a finger at someone, there are three more pointing back at you.

Before we proceed, a little background story: In a Straits Times commentary today (July, 26), senior correspondent Toh Yong Chuan charted the increasing popularity of the Speakers' Corner. He opined that the venue should not just be a place to vent anger or frustration.

Source: AsiaOne

He lamented at the lack of moderate or mainstream voices at Hong Lim Park.

Toh highlighted the Stand Up for Our Singapore movement, an initiative that spread messages on graciousness, and said the following:

They [Stand Up for Our Singapore] were ridiculed online, with a blogger writing: "This event's so positive, you've to attend at least two Hong Lim Park protests to be an angry Singaporean again."

While they may be scoffed at for being positive, without these voices, the echoes that ring from Hong Lim will not represent the range of views in Singapore society, and the park will just remain a place for those frustrated to vent their anger.

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The article in question? Mothership.sg's coverage for Stand Up for Our Singapore movement.

Our writer spent his Vesak Day holiday covering the event and offered much publicity to this nascent movement.

And what was Straits Times' role in promoting these "moderate or mainstream voices"?

Zero news coverage.

Not as newsworthy as those negative Hong Lim Park protests, I presume?

Photo by Ng Yi Shu.

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