Threat-hardened nationalists treat peace advocates as traitors rather than as correcting voices.

Evidence

With the nationalists bent on defeating the LTTE militarily, all those who support a peaceful settlement automatically are branded terrorist sympathizers, parasites, and traitors (DeVotta 2004a; 2005). Norway has acted as a facilitator between the combatants, and its efforts to treat dispassionately the LTTE as an equal negotiating partner especially has led to vilification of the country and its diplomats. This blackguarding of Norwegians, foreigners, and locals associated with NGOs who call for conflict resolution is another facet of the extant Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 207

Categorization

• SEED: Strong angle for the reader’s question about whether moral/rational correction against a threat-hardened belief backfires — this shows correction is reframed as treason, i.e., backfire by reclassification.
• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s theme of what happens when a manufactured enemy/threat is rationally challenged — the external actor (Norway) who tries to mediate becomes itself vilified as enemy. — connects to: Threat-hardened nationalist forces punished accommodation of the out-group. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 128; Nationalist ideology turns dissent into treason and undermines civil society — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 56; Nationalists dismiss Tamil grievances as manufactured conspiracies. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 236 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Nationalist ideology turns dissent into treason and undermines civil society #expands (0.85) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 56