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The public voted overwhelmingly in favor of Aung San Suu Kyi and against the military in the most recent elections:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Myanmar_general_election



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We've banned this account for using HN repeatedly for flamewar and ignoring repeated requests to stop. That's an abuse of the site and not cool at all.

No, we don't support genocide. We're just trying to have an internet forum not destroy itself.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


The military that just took power is the one that's been committing that genocide.


No, the Rohingya genocide [0] is not backed by the public, but is backed by the same military junta which has just now seized power.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide


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> Aung San Suu Kyi has never been racist

"But her personal defence of the army's actions at the ICJ hearing last year in the Hague was seen as a new turning point that obliterated what little remained of her international reputation." [1] from this article itself.

"No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim" [2]

Will admit that I am not very familiar with Myanmar politics, but the above sentence from the article seems to indicate the opposite. Now, it is entirely possible that she was forced to do that due to military pressure at home. Also, I have an allergic reaction to statements made that "everyone speaks in favor of an X leader" anywhere. I am pretty sure the Rohingyas aren't all that in favor of her, even though they have no good options any way.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11685977

[2] https://www.vox.com/2016/3/28/11306856/aung-san-suu-kyi-musl... (edited for clarity)




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