Category: Society

Rappler and Opposition “bloggers” lead the way in MISINFORMING the Filipino people!

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Rappler and Opposition “bloggers” lead the way in MISINFORMING the Filipino people!

Like most activist concepts that had began their lives as noble pursuits, the notion of “media freedom” had been perverted beyond all recognition by the Philippines’ snowflake activists. Worse, in the hands of downright dishonest and political agenda-laden “thought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition, the concept has since suffered a death spiral in relevance. For…

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Media, Politics, Society

Instead of shrieking over the age of criminal liability, Filipinos should focus on being BETTER parents.

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Instead of shrieking over the age of criminal liability, Filipinos should focus on being BETTER parents.

There is a bigger point being missed in this whole “debate” over the age of criminal liability in the Philippines. This point is around… Why this idea is being debated to begin with Indeed, in most normal societies, the idea of lowering the age of potential criminality to nine would not only shock most people,…

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Crime, Culture, Society

Filipino children are NOT really THAT innocent

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Filipino children are NOT really THAT innocent

Perhaps the idea of “chidlhood” is something we in chi chi circles take for granted. But if we step back far enough and regard the bigger swathe of Philippine society or, for that matter, the societies of most Third World countries in general, we begin to see a picture that challenges our long-held and cherished…

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Crime, Society

Returning @SRsasot’s no-nonsense nod to GRP…

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Returning @SRsasot’s no-nonsense nod to GRP…

Esteemed political social media blogger Sass Rogando Sasot posted this much-appreciated hat-tip to GRP on Facebook. I may not always agree with GetRealPhilippines.COM. In fact, its founder benign0 and I even acerbically criticised each other’s views before. Yet despite his sarcasm and “pang-asar” tactics, benign0 never dehumanized me. Unlike Jover Laurio funded by Kris Aquino,…

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Media, Society

It’s time REAL techos take back the discussion on social media influence!

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It’s time REAL techos take back the discussion on social media influence!

Social media “experts” like most Rappler “journalists” and “influencers” like Noemi Dado, a.k.a. @momblogger, don’t have tech backgrounds. Yet they contribute so much noise to discussions about subjects like these. When will people like, say, Manila Bulletin Tech Editor Art Samaniego really weigh in on the discussion more assertively? In a Recode interview, for example,…

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Media, Society, Tech Talk

Duterte quip about maid reflects widespread abuse servants cop in Filipino households

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Duterte quip about maid reflects widespread abuse servants cop in Filipino households

I’m not here to make excuses for a head of state making light of possible abuse of household help in his youth. That’s just not on. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should really put a stop to making comments like that as it only makes him less effective as a leader. At the same time, however,…

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Education, Lifestyle, Society

Communism in the Philippines should be CRUSHED once and for all!

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Communism in the Philippines should be CRUSHED once and for all!

Why does communism continue to plague the Philippines? Its elements openly defy the government, incite unrest, and spread their obsolete ideology. Across the Philippines, communists infest Philippine university and college campuses, radicalise various “cause-oriented” groups and steal precious classroom hours that could have been used to educate Filipinos students. Communists are also behind labour unrest…

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Culture, Society

We should include the bullied in the conversation about bullies

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We should include the bullied in the conversation about bullies

You know who are the most likely victims of bullying? If you answered “the less fortunate”, the “marginalised”, the “powerless”, or the underdogs”, you answered wrong. Because these types of “victims” are no more than the traditional poster children put up by “activists” who are driven more by a political agenda than by any real…

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Culture, Society