Sinhalese enmity is reactive to rebel acts, not primordial

Evidence

Tamil nationalism and the LTTE may be reactive phenomena, but Sinhalese Buddhist antipathy for the LTTE and the determination to preserve the island’s unitary status have been solidified thanks to LTTE attacks on some of Buddhism’s most sacred symbols. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 231

Categorization

• XREF: Central to the reader’s manufacturing thesis: even while framing Tamils as an enemy, DeVotta concedes the nationalist stance itself was ‘solidified’ by reactive LTTE provocations—so the antagonism has an event-driven core, not purely mythic identity. — connects to: Sinhalese-Tamil enmity is legitimized by myth rather than primordial fact — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 78; Rebel attacks on Buddhist sacred sites hardened Sinhalese enmity; Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is reactive, not primordial — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 105 (+2 more)
• QUESTION: If the enmity is ‘solidified’ by real attacks, does that undercut the manufactured-enemy model, or does the construction lie in the ideology built on top of those real attacks (e.g., conflating all Tamils with the LTTE)?
• DEEPTHINKING: The whole passage interrogates whether intergroup hatred is rooted in primordial identity or is a reactive, manufactured construct sharpened by concrete provocations—bearing squarely on the reader’s central inquiry about whether such enmity decays when the threat vanishes.

Broader Connections

• Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is reactive, not primordial #corroborates (0.95) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 105
• Rebel attacks on Buddhist sacred sites hardened Sinhalese enmity #exemplifies (0.92)
• Difference does not necessarily imply hostility or fixed oppositional essences #expands (0.75) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 879
• Fighting for a cause rather than oneself can intensify rather than soften conflict #corroborates (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 306