Tag: martial law

Of course not all EDSA rallyists are yellows, many of them are useful idiots too!

December 9, 2016December 10, 2016 Hector Gamboa 34 Comments

The other day president Rodrigo Duterte (Du30) said that “yellow” rallyists want him out because they cannot accept defeat. Du30, of course, was referring to the folks who claim to be protesting against the burial of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Cemetery of Heroes) as allowed by president Du30…

Politics

Why I Lose Hope For The Youth Of Today

December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 Grimwald 28 Comments

Okay ladies and gentlemen, before I begin, let me get a few things out of the way. First off, if you really need to know, I am a Marcos supporter. Now, before you say anything, I’ll just say this: Yes, former President Marcos was not an angel. He wasn’t a perfect leader. He has done his share…

Culture, Education, Politics, Society

At the People Power Monument: Anti-Marcos protesters have become a laughingstock

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 benign0 56 Comments

You gotta give credit to the anti-Marcos mob. They came back in their thousand-odd force, this time at the “People Power Monument” on EDSA at its intersection with Temple Drive outside Camp Aguinaldo today. Amongst those leading the charge (so they claim) are representatives of the “Big Three” elite Philippine schools, the University of the…

Politics, Society

The unresolved issues with the Marcoses are strong indictments of Filipino cultural dysfunction

November 30, 2016December 1, 2016 FallenAngel 8 Comments

It is tempting to think of the unresolved issues with the Marcos family – their alleged ill-gotten wealth, the lack of compensation for all those who supposedly suffered during the Martial Law era, and now the purportedly “undeserved” burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) – as political…

Civics, Culture, Politics, Society

Does the Anti-Marcos Movement have an end game?

November 28, 2016 benign0 78 Comments

Following the spectacular flop of last Friday’s anti-Marcos-burial rally at the Luneta, the leaders of a community of Filipino “activists” calling for the Marcos family to be taken to account for the alleged atrocities that happened during “the Martial Law years” continue to soldier on. There is another set of rallies planned over the coming…

Politics, Society

Resorting to mere Reductio ad Hitlerum shows intellectual weakness of anti-Marcos partisans

November 27, 2016November 29, 2016 Hector Gamboa 13 Comments

In a Facebook meme I saw today posted by a yellow partisan, Marcos was equated to Adolf Hitler to convey the message that Marcos (just like Hitler) should be made to be responsible for his crimes despite the fact that he was never convicted because he died, just like Hitler. The problem with this logic…

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The FAILED November 25 anti-Marcos rally at the Luneta

November 26, 2016November 26, 2016 benign0 22 Comments

When will these hipsters learn? Warm bodies out pumping fists in an outdoor love-in versus an alleged social media “troll army” out to “weaponise” the Internet from comfy air-conditioned offices? Anti-Marcos protestors would like to believe the old ways of doing things supposedly representing the righteous camp in this political conflict necessarily triumph at the…

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Here is why Martial Law Cryababies are unable to move on…

November 24, 2016 benign0 25 Comments

The best revenge is success. So when someone does you wrong, pick yourself up, spend the next couple of years getting rich, then come back and slap your wads of dollars across that asshole’s face. I realise that this is the lesson that the now-famous viral photo of that girlette with the placard that goes…

Politics, Society