Just Saying | If the Dalai Lama is a sexist, the #MeToo mafia is going too far
- Yonden Lhatoo is astonished by the misrepresentation in the media of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader’s remarks about a female successor, and how he was forced to apologise for it in the face of an internet backlash
There are times when I feel ashamed of this profession because of how unscrupulous and unethical people in the journalism business can be when it comes to sensationalising stories to attract those all-important eyeballs.
I’m talking about the recent crucifixion of the Dalai Lama by the global #MeToo mafia and social justice warriors of the media after the BBC did a real number on the unwitting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and painted a target on his shaved head.
In an interview last month with the British broadcaster, the Buddhist monk was reminded of eyebrow-raising remarks he has made in the past about finding a more attractive female successor.
“If [a] female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive,” he replied, jokingly repeating the same line that has set off some pearl clutching in the past, and seemingly unaware that the world has decided no one is allowed to talk like that any more, in any context or tone, with the sole exception of US President Donald Trump.
Upstanding citizens of the Western world went into a virtue-signalling frenzy, choking on their Pumpkin Spice Lattes and spilling coffee on their MacBook Air laptops in horror and outrage.
