Many Malaysians are suspicious and upset about the Sept 16 red shirt rally by pro-Umno groups but are merely voicing out their dissatisfaction on the social media.
Founder of Concerned Cybercitizens Worldwide Malaysia, Adrian Lim Chee En, feels these people should do more to promote racial integration and diversity than just being cyber-warriors, criticising and condemning others.
Lim on his part is determined to move on this, despite being detained by police on Aug 13, together with another Bersih 2.0 volunteer Mohd Faddhli Abdul Jaid, for hoisting the Bersih 4 rally launch banner at a roundabout near the Petaling Jaya Civic Hall.
Lim (photo) has found a way to counter the racially-slanted red shirt rally themed 『Perhimpunan Rakyat Bersatu」, which has just been declared legal by the police as the group has agreed to hold the event in Padang Merbok.
Since yesterday, he has been using several Facebook pages and Twitter accounts to flood the social media with photographs that speak of Malaysia's peace and harmony among the different races.
He is urging the social media community to participate in this effort by sending him pictures that best describe racial harmony with the caption #WeAreMalaysian, which he will upload on a dedicated Facebook page.
「Send me photos as simple as nasi lemak, roti canai and nasi ayam. Be creative!」 the former law intern with Lawyers for Liberty told Malaysiakini.
Asked why he feels the need to counter the Sept 16 rally, Lim said the pro-Malay rights protesters have a right to express themselves as long as they are peaceful, just like the mammoth 34-hour Bersih 4 rally in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 29-30.
'Reclaim our Malaysian narrative'
However, he urged his fellow countrymen and women to 「reclaim our Malaysian narrative」.
「Malaysians who cherish racial harmony should come forward and speak up, instead of allowing Malaysia Day this year to be a 『black mark in history』, said Lim, who hails from Sabah.
Malaysians, he said, have been living in boxes for far too long.
「The demarcations among us range from racial barriers to cultural values and even political divides. It is time to be united in at least one thing this Malaysia Day.」
Lim hopes to see the social media flooded with messages of racial integration as this is a form of non-violent direct activism every single Malaysian can take part in.
「Imagine opening Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on Sept 16 to find thousands of other Malaysians are doing the same, sharing their experiences of racial unity and messages about Malaysia's diversity,」 he said.
He is confident that this little effort of his will be effective.
There is already too much hatred and anger these days, be it against an issue, against the government or against others and many take these frustrations to the social media.
「So, why not take these frustrations and turn them into positive energy.
「If we can read news, post pictures or our statuses on the social media, it should not be too hard to use the very same platform to send out strong goodwill messages this Malaysia Day.
「Never underestimate the power of social media,」 Lim added.
許多人持謹慎態度，打亂了紅衫軍集會
許多馬來西亞人都懷疑和不安關於9月16日紅衫軍集會親巫統組，但僅僅是清濁了他們對社會化媒體的不滿。
方正關注Cybercitizens全球馬來西亞，阿德里安林賜恩，對認為這些人應該多做有利於促進並非只是網絡鬥士，批評和譴責其他種族融合和多樣性。
林在他的部分被確定為與另一凈選盟2.0志願莫哈末Faddhli阿卜杜勒Jaid動議本，儘管正被警方8月13日，一起為吊裝凈選盟集會4推出的旗幟在靠近八打靈再也公民館迂迴。
林（照片）已經找到了一種方法來對抗種族，傾斜紅衫集會主題為「Perhimpunan聯聯合黨」，剛剛被宣布為合法警方作為該集團已同意舉行巴東Merbok事件。
從昨天起，他一直使用多個Facebook頁面和Twitter帳戶湧入社交媒體講的不同種族間馬來西亞的和平與和諧的照片。
他敦促社交媒體社區通過發送他的照片最能說明種族和諧的標題#WeAreMalaysian，他會上傳一個專用的Facebook頁面上參與這項工作。
「送我的照片就這麼簡單椰漿飯，烤肉canai和椰漿天天報。有創意！「前法與實習律師自由告訴大馬。
當被問及為什麼他覺得有必要打擊的9月16日的反彈，林說，親馬來人的權利的抗議者有，只要他們是和平的，就像在吉隆坡龐大的34小時凈選盟4拉力賽上8月29日，以表達自己的權利-30。
「我們的回收馬來西亞敘事」
不過，他呼籲他的同胞和婦女「討回我們的馬來西亞敘事」。
「馬來西亞人誰珍惜種族和睦應該挺身而出，大聲說出來，而不是讓馬來西亞日，今年是一個'污點的歷史」，林說，誰沙巴冰雹。
馬來西亞人，他說，一直生活在盒子裡的時間太長了。
「我們之間的界線範圍從種族障礙，文化價值，甚至政治分歧。現在是時候至少在一件事這個馬來西亞日團結。「
林希望看到充斥著種族融合的信息社會媒體，因為這是非暴力直接行動的每一個馬來西亞能在參加的形式。
「想像一下，在9月16日開幕的Facebook，Twitter和Instagram的找到成千上萬的其他馬來西亞人也在做同樣的，分享關於馬來西亞的多元化種族團結和信息的經驗，」他說。
他相信，他的這個小的努力將是有效的。
已經有太多的仇恨和憤怒，這些天，無論是對一個問題，對政府或對他人和許多把這些挫折的社會化媒體。
「那麼，為什麼不把這些挫折，使之成為積極的能量。
「如果我們能看新聞，發布照片和我們的狀態在社會化媒體，它應該不會太難使用同樣的平台上發出強有力的善意訊息此馬來西亞日。
「永遠不要低估社交媒體的力量，」林補充道。