admittedly I do not have an in depth understanding of Sri Lankan politics

That’s a really shitty straw man, dude. No one (including MIA) is comparing BLM to the Tigers. Nice try.

No. Parachute journalism doesn’t count. But that’s some cute Googling.

Oh I see. Because she is Tamil she must have an inherent understanding of Sri Lankan politics even though she did not grew up in the country and never experienced the conflict herself.

Sri Lankan security forces have disappeared hundreds of ethnic Tamils. How about shut up and do some reading? K?

And a quick search will tell you the Sri Lankan government uses violence against Tamils to accomplish its goals. Save your first-world concern trolling for someone with more patience.

I’m guessing the bartender you talked to was ethnic Sinhalese. So, yeah, he probably doesn’t love Tamils on principle.