Comments on: Popular Culture and Politics: The Hunger Games 3-Finger Salute in Thai Protests http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2014/06/04/popular-culture-and-politics-the-hunger-games-3-finger-salute-in-thai-protests/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: Ashley Hinck http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2014/06/04/popular-culture-and-politics-the-hunger-games-3-finger-salute-in-thai-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-433963 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:27:14 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=24135#comment-433963 Great point, Kevin. It will be interesting to see how this develops.

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2014/06/04/popular-culture-and-politics-the-hunger-games-3-finger-salute-in-thai-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-433928 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:56:10 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=24135#comment-433928 Very nice analysis. One other aspect of this is that there is a poverty of public deployed symbols for political discontent in Thailand that would possibly fly under the Junta’s radar. The three-finger salute is as much a provocation as sign of discontent. It is a challenge to see if the government will react as forcefully to a simple gesture as it did to potentially violent mass street demonstrations that blocked traffic and closed government ministries. So far the answer is yes, they will and have acted as forcefully. Dissent of any kind has not thus far veen tolerated by the junta.

Great work on the essay. Definitely a good read

K

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