“Non-Malays and non-Muslims had never asked to take the prime minister's position, so why introduce something that was never an issue?”

- Lim Guan Eng circa 2017

COMMENT | Now, of course, what PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s son-in-law posted was racist. Here’s the thing, though: does it warrant the kind of outrage that non-Malay/Muslim political operatives are exhibiting?

I mean, if they aspired to the highest post in the land, if non-Malay/Muslim children were encouraged to aspire to the highest civilian position in the land, if the system encouraged inclusive participation in political process where non-Malays/Muslims actively pursued the post of prime minister, then I could understand the outrage.

I would be outraged if I were told that...