In an op-ed by Stanley A. Weiss in the LA Times (the title of the op-ed would have the government censors in a state of panic, but if you google the author’s name and LA Times, you will find the op-ed). About the only paragraphs that BP can excerpt are:

The “yellow shirts” — monarchists, the military and urban middle class — rightly criticize the Thaksin administration’s abuses in office, but their preferred alternative amounts to continued domination by Bangkok’s privileged, in a country where the population’s richest fifth is roughly 13 times better off than the poorest.

What about the military, responsible for 18 coups since 1935? One prominent Thai entrepreneur told me his worst-case scenario is the emergence of a young, charismatic leader at the helm of a rising red shirt movement, calling for an end to “the double standards in Thai society.” This might provoke the army to feel it has the mandate to use force to preserve the status quo. Thailand-based columnist Chang Noi suspects the military may block another general election, speculating that it would likely want to overthrow the winners anyway.

BP: Calling for an end to double standards? What kind of heathen would do that……

h/t to a reader