Reply to "Nagamootoo hurls racial slur at Jagdeo in House"

The phrase "Coolie Bully" was coined by the Leguan-born US boxer Elton Dharry. In fact Guyana Times itself reported on this athlete back in 2012, and here's a snippet of that article.

Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry came from humble beginnings and developed to the pinnacle of international boxing fame. The boxer was born in Essequibo on the island of Leguan on December 1, 1985. He received his early education at Richmond Hill Primary School, before his entire family (mother, father and five other siblings) migrated to the U. S.

There are four things to note on this thread:

1. Joey's comments used a popular colloquialism, not an offending one and one indeed glorified by an Indian Guyanese-American.
2. Prime Minister Moses Nagamottoo simply borrowed this phrase as a euphemism to characterize former President Bharat Jagdeo's style of governance -whether as President or in the Opposition benches. There was no malice against the Indian population in Guyana or in the Disapora in the use of this phrase.
3. Moses Nagamootoo's reference of not being an Indian but a Guyanese with the implied and obvious Indian-Guyanese is a non-issue used in the same manner as the Republicans' use of email-gate or Bengazi-gate on Hillary Clinton.
4. Moses Nagamootoo's defiance, calling out and beatings at the hands of the PNC is well known. He does not have to establish his creds when it comes to working for the people against dictatorial tendencies in Guyana's governance. He called out both the PNC and PPP and don't forget that his Party, the AC, has the ability to steer the PNC-dominated APNU away from such tendencies. Failing those efforts there are Parliamentary procedures to halt this Government, and this is why the attacks on Moses Nagamootoo is so misplaced.