November 30, 200817 yr I having wondering for the last few days why the pro and anti government groups choose the colors they did. The PAD (anti-government group) choose yellow. They say they support the monarch and have many middle class, royalist members. So yellow makes sense since many feel it is the King's favorite color. The UDD (pro government group) has decided on the color red. It is said that this group supports the government in power and most of those supporters are also very loyal to Thaskin who some say wanted to lessen the power of the monarch. Red however is more associated with communism which some still fear as in the 60's and 70's Thailand was fighting rebels who wanted communism. So does color really mean anything in this conflict? Or is there another explanation for the choice of colors?
November 30, 200817 yr The yellow shirts are worn in respect for the King who was born on a Monday; yellow is the color for people born on Monday. The Queen was born on Friday, so blue is for the Queen. The red shirts are Taksin supporters. Taksin was born on a Tuesday, but red is the color for people born on Sunday, so I have no idea why they are wearing red.
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