The hashtag #ผู้นําโง่เราจะตายกันหมด (#OurLeaderIsStupidWereAllGoingtoDie) was trending late Sunday night and early Monday morning on social media as Thai netizens used a politician’s faux pas to criticize the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The hashtag stemmed from an ill-advised social media post by Palang Pracharath MP Satra Sripan on his Facebook.
Satra had shared a post by an anonymous web goer titled “The citizens are stupid, we’re all going to die.”
Thais on both sides of the political divide quickly criticized and condemned the MP from Songkhla, prompting a quick apology.
However, the damage was done and the hashtag took off on Thai twitter with people using the #ผู้นําโง่เราจะตายกันหมด to criticize not only Satra but Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul as well. Most of the criticisms revolved around Thailand’s poor and muddled response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Hi! @SgGoverment, please give him any guidelines to control #COVID19 in Thailand? Doing an exercise is the only one thing that we have got from him… #ผู้นำโง่เราจะตายกันหมด 💁🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/UGvOfGzmIf
— 𝓐𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲💘 พี่รักน้องนะ (@lilspacewithyou) March 15, 2020
Unbelievable!!! this guy who is Palang Pracharath Representative , blamed Thai people stupid causing we all gonna die entirely. Oh shit !!! We pay tax for such the worst representative. #ผู้นําโง่เราจะตายกันหมด pic.twitter.com/pNdiOB7e6I
— wadee (@wadee59561622) March 15, 2020
เรามาถึงจุดที่ สส.ฝั่งรัฐบาลด่าประชาชนโง่แล้วนะครับ#ผู้นําโง่เราจะตายกันหมด#ใช้ภาษีให้มีความสุขนะครับ pic.twitter.com/vVn8nbHx4R
— Faisol Beema (@faisol_beema) March 15, 2020