Tag: Aquino

After “Achievement War,” Yellows fail to Prove that their Admin was “clean”

July 15, 2021 ChinoF 11 Comments

The way the Duterte-Aquino “Achievement War” rolled a while back demonstrates the intellectual bankruptcy of political discourse in the country. Although I would hammer the Aquino side more, I maintain the point I made in my earlier article “Positive should never be used to cover the Negative Up” that achievements by politicians are not a…

Culture, Government, History, Politics

Besmirching “Dictators’ Supporters” has Backfired

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 ChinoF 9 Comments

This is the very mistake that dragged the “opposition” down. When they see people voicing support for the Marcoses, Duterte, Trump or other perceived “dictator,” they would attack, insult and besmirch such people, accusing them of being “trolls.” They think by insulting or libeling “dictator’s supporters,” they are doing something good. The opposite is true….

Culture, Politics

Dissing Politicians Accomplishes Nothing

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 ChinoF 2 Comments

One thing that’s obvious on social media (and the rest of the Internet) is that people love dissing each other, but most especially politicians. For example, our esteemed webmaster Benign0 posted a picture of the infantile noisemaking of Rappler writer JC Punongbayan just posting insults at Duterte, which is obviously a waste of time and…

Culture, Politics

What the Shadow of Marcos is used to Conceal

February 27, 2019 ChinoF 12 Comments

Imelda Marcos was in the news a while back for getting another conviction (she had been convicted years ago, though there seems to be a roadblock to carrying it out). Some people are celebrated this (even pro-Marcoses who believe Imelda was the reason behind all the corruption, not Ferdinand). Some though are angered that she…

Culture, Politics

Dengvaxia is No Excuse to Fail in Preventing the Measles Outbreak

February 22, 2019 ChinoF 3 Comments

Recently, the party-list candidate group ANA Kalusugan staged a rally and press conference in Manila, holding the former in front of the Department of Health. They charged that the DOH was remiss in preventing the measles outbreak that recently claimed more than 180 lives. This outbreak may be blamed by some on the recent paranoia…

Civics, Government, Science

Those Who want to “save the world” are its Greatest Enemies

April 24, 2018February 25, 2019 ChinoF 2 Comments

Quite the irony, isn’t it? But I mean it: it’s the people who believe they should save the world who are its greatest enemies. I believe that no one carries out wrongdoing like a TV or fictional stock villain, one who rubs his hands together and celebrates aloud the evilness of his deeds. Real people…

Culture, Politics

The Control-Freak “Disente” have skewed the Concept of Freedom

April 16, 2018 ChinoF 5 Comments

The recent brouhaha over Faceook hiring and implementing “fact-checkers” and also blocking mechanisms against suspected “fake news” has many people in an uproar. Such people believe that the basis of this “fact-checking” is not real fact-checking, but partisan views and whether certain ideas agree with or offend them. It would be subjective, not objective. Because…

Culture, Politics

Local Journalism’s Adversarial Role is Overrated

March 23, 2018March 24, 2018 ChinoF 12 Comments

After writing about journalists not being special, sometimes sacrificing truth and opposing for opposing’s sake, further reading revealed to me that some journalists act as they do because they believe journalists should be adversarial. Because of the belief that journalists are “defenders of democracy,” which in turn is partly because of the recommendations of the…

Culture, Media