Tag: opposition

Filipino liberals presume to know better than people who choose NOT to be “victims”

June 5, 2018 benign0 11 Comments

He is not the president of Europeans or Americans. He is the president of the Filipino people. As such, Filipinos get to decide what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in their leader, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The trouble with the Philippine Opposition is that they have become comfy in their habit of preaching morality from…

Politics, Religion

Newsflash: Filipinos are choosing LEGISLATORS in the coming 2019 elections

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 benign0 39 Comments

That’s right. Congress, after all, is a government branch whose primary role in government is to craft laws. As such, the important question Filipinos need to ask of their candidates in the coming 2019 elections is this: What is your legislative agenda? And that is the easy bit. The harder follow-up to this question (assuming…

Politics

The intellectual bankruptcy of a Philippine Opposition under Yellowtard leadership

May 15, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

Another “hero” of the Philippine Opposition in the guise of never-had-been-chief-justice Lourdes Sereno has fallen. She follows others who waged hollow-headed and intellectually-insulting personal “wars” against the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Like those who had fallen before her, Sereno’s biggest mistake was to presume to think that God was on her side. Indeed,…

Politics, Religion

In order to unite and win, the Philippine Opposition need to MOVE ON

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

It is easy to see the superficial problem with the Philippine Opposition — its inability to unite. Such an ability is important today, because they are up against a popular incumbent. But it is also easy to see how the problem with the Opposition is deeper than an inability to unite by simply asking another…

Politics

Why do Yellowtards no longer wear the colour yellow in their rallies?

May 10, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

It’s a mystery. Not too long a time ago, the colour yellow was worn by Yellowtards with pride in their political events and protest rallies. Suddenly the practice stopped. In fact whenever leaders of the Opposition organise and call for a rally or some sort of political action nowadays, they even issue clear instructions to…

Culture, Politics

Filipinos are happy for a “strongman” to lead them and have redefined the term to mean a GOOD thing

May 9, 2018 benign0 16 Comments

It still remains no mystery why current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte enjoys the full support of a majority of Filipino voters. Duterte comes across as strong. He acts and decides and does not dither in his messaging. He has exhibited this character from Day One of his campaign in the lead up to the 2016…

Government, Politics, Society

Why the idiotic “Laban” slogan still dominates Philippine Opposition rhetoric

May 8, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

Calling for a laban or “fight” is easy. You can see how easy it is by observing any schoolyard brawl. “Bakla ka raw sabi ni Totoy. Payag ka?” “Kalabitin mo sa titi”. “Siga ka ba? Di ka naman papalag.” Filipinos then grow up, leave the schoolyard, then go on to apply the same childish mentality…

Politics, Society

South China Sea case “won” in The Hague by the Philippines vs China gave no more than a false sense of security

May 6, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

The Philippine Opposition is devoting a lot of its time and energy focusing vitriol on a “missile crisis” following reports that China had reportedly deployed tactical missiles on Mischief Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Subi Reef in the South China Sea… Citing US intelligence reports, CNBC said the missile installations marked the first Chinese missile…

Government, Politics