其實老馬回答什麽？

最近中文主流媒體渲染老馬所謂的“筷子”論。除了標題黨借用此課題無限上綱，民衆也被媒體帶風向，紛紛討伐老馬為不知悔改的種族主義者。他們沒有認清敦馬所說的話就把他的重點模糊成“筷子決定愛國與否”、“筷子決定文化融合成功與否”、“華人身為大馬人卻心係中國”等等無中生有的課題。人云亦云也。

其實大家有沒有親自聆聽敦馬回答什麽嗎？這些所謂的“筷子論”其實是從他的新書推介禮之問答環節裏衍生的新聞話題。當時主持人問及大馬是否應該相仿印尼過去的種族同化政策來推動各族群團結。敦馬回答說因爲大馬華人的人口比印尼的比較多，所以他們仍然能夠傳承自身文化，因此該政策不適用於大馬。他也拿華人所慣用的筷子舉例，說華人沒有像土著一樣用手吃飯，反而依然像中國人一樣使用筷子吃飯。

大家也可以點擊以下短片來聆聽洪偉翔律師如何解析老馬的回答。

我相信大家有認真了解他的回答，必定為主流媒體爲了爭取曝光率炒作新聞焦點表示反感。雖然如此，我認爲老馬的例子沒有好好地把上述論點聯係在一起，猶如把論述說了一半后半天吊。如果我是老馬，我會接著說以下論點：

"However, Malaysian Chinese has also adapted other ways to eat rather than just using chopsticks. They are also using spoons and folk, as well as by hand like natives. The similar way goes with the natives where they are ready to learn how to use chopstick to eat Chinese cuisine. Therefore, this has shown us that we have our own way to integrate multicultural practice without applying assimilation enforced by the past Indonesian authority. In other words, no assimilation is need to build our national unity."

20/12/2021

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