At a forum on the Malaysian political mindset a session at the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit in Kuala Lumpur today, organised by the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC), fly-of-the-handle Member of Parliament for Pasir Mas, Ibrahim Ali presented a watered down version of his usual fiery racist posturing with more intellectual demeanour, carefully tailoring his arguments in an uncharacteristic scholarly fashion. <br /> <br />His move earned him eventual cheers after a rather hostile initial reception. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, whatever points he scored earlier was squandered when his racial rhetoric reared its ugly head. <br /> <br />The Independent MP's continual defence of Perkasa as not racist went down poorly with the audience.