Someone from social media asked “Have you experienced being robbed? You just did, if you reacted to what he did in Seoul”. That was really written in Tagalog and it had more impact than translating it here in English.
I am referring to that kiss done by Duterte to one of the Filipina OFWs in Korea a few days ago. Can you imagine a man of his stature doing that in public with a married woman at that? And the crowd cheered. Wow! What happened to our Filipino values? Kissing someone else spouse’s on the lips in public on national television is okay? This is clearly not acceptable. His spokesman Roque said that it is playful act accepted in Filipino culture. I am a Filipino and I DO NOT agree. Kabastusan ginawa niya. That is not a typical act of a supposedly popular and a respected president. He tried to mask his insecurities with the power of the presidential office. This is the only time I’ve seen one, the way he acts in public seems to be lacking in everything. To earn respect, you should be respectful too no matter who is in front of you. And that girl who seemed to enjoy that show of vulgarity said there was no malice in it and she even defended the act considering she is a married woman. Duterte hates women. We always seem to be the target of his ire. Is it because those who are criticizing him are braver than he is? He clearly is a mysogynist.
Going back to being robbed, since social media was focused on it, the government is clearly diverting the people’s attention. Every day, the bad news of corrupt people in his government is so rampant. Some media people have kept mum and tight-lipped on what is happening around. Those who were so blatant in criticizing Ex-Pres. PNoy before are now so quiet you would think their lips are sealed. Then those DDS (the loyal Duterte followers) don’t stop proliferating fake news. I’d like to believe now that he won the presidential race because of those trolls.
Imagine some of those he appointed in his government who were into corruption. Did they resign? Were they guilty of it? They didn’t, they were just transferred to another agency of the government.
He is even worse than Marcos. Such disgusting acts, such show of vulgarity , you don’t deserve to be there Mr. Duterte.
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I can sense your dislike of the man, Arlene. In many ways, he reminds me of the similar issues surrounding Donald Trump.
Best wishes, Pete.
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He shouldn’t have been president Pete. He has no economic programs so to speak, no concrete projects yet that he can boast of except of course cursing, saying bad words to others and allowing more drugs to come in. There are still people who are blind to what he does.
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Hindi ko rin nagustuhan yon. Parang err… ok….. inappropriate masyado.
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For a president doing that in public, there is really something so wrong about it. Nakakahiya talaga 😦
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I, too, thought of DT
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I think they are birds of the same feather Derrick!
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We have similar problems here! I will never understand how and why people’s can be bamboozled into voting against their own interests. Morals and the value of ALL human life seems to be a thing of the past. What frightens me the most is that most of the other government officials quietly acquiesce! Where will it all end!?! 😬
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It’s a puzzle to me too Sabine and it seems like those govt. officials have no voices of their own. And take note, even the supporters who voted would defend him to kingdom come no matter if their principles are lost in the process. Seems like they have sold their souls to the devil.
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Same here! And many fancy themselves as good Christians! Go figure! That’s very sad! We have spineless people in charge who only care about themselves and the money they can rake in regardless of the cost to the rest of us! I hope that more people come to their senses and grow spines!
Be well Arlene! 🙋
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So sad indeed. Our president has only been in office for two years and yet he has wrecked havoc to the country. Back in the time of Ex-Pres. PNoy we were a tiger economy in Asia but now it is going down the drain. And all because of the way he runs the country and the people he chooses in his cabinet. Dirty politics. Have a nice day Sabine.
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Not only that what he did is against propriety, the book he was giving away is about destroying the Catholic Church! Maybe it is true that he has sold his soul to the devil because seems so healthy despite all that travel for his age!
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My gosh, wala nang pag-asa etong taong eto. Pati simbahan pinapakialaman niya. Orocan to the max. You’ll never know if he is saying something true or not. Wala talaga akong tiwala sa taong eto.
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He must have people scared so they don’t protest.
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Their reason why they staged that (because he even asked the girl before that kiss) is to make people happy and just for fun. Some might be but not all Filipinos are not that stupid. Now he says if there is enough protests from us, he will resign. Haha, he had said that several times during the two years of his reign. Unbelievable. They’re making us fools. My goodness, he is the highest officer of the land and for him to act that way…..
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And then there is our president kissing up to Russia and China and attacking Canada for heaven’s sake.
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I always ask myself, what is happening to the world? We are going, going down the drain.
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It is hard to remember that God is ultimately in charge.
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One thing more, he is even cursing God and saying bad things about the Catholic Church. He is a lunatic.
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I thought he was Catholic.
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Maybe in name only. He is always attacking the church. In the last six months, three priests were murdered. One was about to say mass, the other one was right after the mass and the third I think while he was on the road.
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Wow. I had no idea.
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