[6] In late February 2020, the term gained popularity following the Thai Constitutional Court's order to disband the pro-democracy Future Forward Party.
In 2010, a new political group Network of Citizen Volunteers Protecting the Land was formed[7] and identified as the "multicoloured shirts" to distinguish it from the aforementioned two.
[10] In 2010, Thatsana Thirawatphirom wrote that some shared traits in definitions of salim include ultra-royalism, religiosity (specifically Buddhism), being educated but uncritically believing the curricula, being broadly skeptical but gullible towards people who are seemingly knowledgeable, being a strong follower of political news and seeing Thaksin Shinawatra as a long-time threat to Thai politics, being bourgeois and trend-setters, and being highly hypocritical.
[10] In 2011, Faris Yothasamuth describe the identifying qualities of salim as being the Thaksin-haters, monarchists, pro-military, democracy skeptics, who lacked reasoning and had a holier-than-thou attitude.
[18] In late February 2020, the term gained popularity following the Thai Constitutional Court's order to disband the pro-democracy New Future Party.