Tag: elitism

How the political camps that presume to represent “civil society” might learn from the debacle the Ateneo finds itself in today

June 21, 2026 benign0 No Comments

Ateneans are in the midst of a massive, long-overdue frenzy of soul-searching. This is in the aftermath of the tragic deaths of basketball players Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili during a team activity in Baler, Aurora province and the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) administration’s botched public relations (PR) management following the incident. The…

Education, Politics

Philippine politicians and oligarchs are all crass — whether they be a Marcos, an Aquino, or a Duterte or any one of their minions

September 19, 2024 benign0 15 Comments

The only bunch of people who are really confused about where their place is in the Philippines’ political landscape are — you guessed it — the Yellowtards. These people are the country’s political parasites. They deliberately do not commit to a stable ideological framework because they need to maintain a high degree of fluidity in…

Culture, Politics, Society

Philippine society elite ridicule Vice President Sara Duterte’s Visayan accent

September 1, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Remember how the ouster of former President Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada was engineered by the Yellowidiots led by former presidents Fidel ‘Tabako’ Ramos and Cory Aquino in 2001? Then when former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) and Cory got into a tiff over Hacienda Luisita, the Yellowidiots turned against GMA and began a demolition job on…

Media, Society

Jillian Robredo’s encounter with an Igorot (reportedly) in Baguio City is a cautionary tale on elitist politics

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 benign0 48 Comments

The words “let me educate you” may not have explicitly been uttered by “vice presidential” daughter (and confirmed woman) Jillian Robredo. However they may as well have. Robredo can be seen strutting around the Baguio City Market surrounded by an enormous entourage the members of which snapped photos at every opportunity as she stopped and…

Culture, Politics

Why Yellowtards cannot shake the ELITIST label

March 30, 2022 benign0 10 Comments

The single biggest crisis the Yellowtard camp are dealing with in the final five weeks of the campaign is the perception that they are elitists. Try as they might, the label sticks like a rash. A virtual who’s who had been pointing out this politically-debilitating character of the Yellowtards for years. Unfortunately, it seems it…

Culture, Society

Robredo camp to Filipino voters: Follow us because we are the “good guys” and we are SMARTER than you

March 29, 2022 benign0 31 Comments

This is the vibe one gets when observing the desperate house-to-house campaign the Yellowtard camp of Leni Robredo are now mounting under her daughter Tricia’s orders. The approach is one of condescension — as if they are on a Mission from God to evangelise the heathens. It is no different from the pretence of benevolence…

Politics, Society

On Tricia Robredo’s orders, Yellowtards get down to house-to-house campaign as DESPERATION sets in

March 24, 2022 benign0 62 Comments

A call to action recently issued by Opposition “leader” Leni Robredo’s daughter Tricia Robredo (who is a woman) in a Facebook post has set in motion a desperate effort across the Yellowtard community to hit the road and campaign house-to-house. With just a bit more than 40 days to go, this getting-down-to-the-weeds presumably aims to…

Politics

On the Yellowtards’ BORING habit of blaming “trolls” for all their troubles

January 7, 2022 benign0 8 Comments

It is getting tiresome hearing how “baffled” Opposition “thought leaders” are with regard to how badly their lot are doing in the campaign leading to this year’s elections. The latest crybaby ruminations on this situation comes from Inquirer columnist Jose Montelibano who today writes on the “improbability” of all this. According to Montelibano, the spectacular…

Politics