Rabble rousers need not have trappings of any religion to incite violence. It is not clear in this case if Buddhism made it better or not. If the Buddhists were Hindus things might be much worse.
If one were to point out an example where Buddhism clearly traded with grossly false reputation, it would be the misty image of the Dali lama and Tibetain Buddhism that is prevalent in the west. This image is as at odds as is possible to imagine with the reality of the tibetian Buddhist theocratic regimes of the Dali lama which would have been thoroughly distinguished by its oppressive, brutal, iniquitous and thoroughly dehumanizing nature even by the mideveal standard of religious oppression.
But in this case in here it is not clearly whether the influence of Buddhism was in fact a worse one than any genuinely likely alternative.
If one were to point out an example where Buddhism clearly traded with grossly false reputation, it would be the misty image of the Dali lama and Tibetain Buddhism that is prevalent in the west. This image is as at odds as is possible to imagine with the reality of the tibetian Buddhist theocratic regimes of the Dali lama which would have been thoroughly distinguished by its oppressive, brutal, iniquitous and thoroughly dehumanizing nature even by the mideveal standard of religious oppression.
But in this case in here it is not clearly whether the influence of Buddhism was in fact a worse one than any genuinely likely alternative.
