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“Cancel Culture” is one of the funny buzzwords of these days. It’s all about boycotting a celebrity when they say something “offensive.” It can be loosely appplied to Wokes’ destruction of statues and staging of massive riots. Perhaps even this thing where children “stand up to parents” over the ABS-CBN closure. But they don’t know…
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Symbols of Western Europe’s irrevocable past as imperial powers are coming down as people take to the streets supposedly to protest racism and injustice. Historical symbols deemed “inappropriate” have become the targets of vandalism and removal petitions. In London, the statue of slave trader Robert Milligan has now been taken down from West India Quay….
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The late Carlos Celdran’s claim to fame is being a promoter of heritage and culture. He caters to those who believe that preserving heritage and culture is what Filipino need to improve the country. I disagree. Let me borrow Ronald Reagan’s style for this: heritage is not the solution to our problem; heritage is the…
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Among the triumphalist hogwash we’ve long been attacking is the idea that we are a special people. That kind of mentality is often embraced under the assumption that it is necessary for love of country. That is wrong, and “feeling special” actually does us more harm than good. It is one of those placebos that…
American rapper Kanye West’s latest controversial remarks have angered not just the usual Liberal-minded mob, but also his fellow African-Americans. After all, he wasn’t just showing his love for his “boy” American President Donald Trump, he was analysing black slavery – something some people think he is no authority on. During a recent interview on…
There has been an overwhelming and varied response to the late Alex Tizon’s moving piece on how his family enslaved Eudocia Tomas “Lola” Pulido for decades — even after moving to and settling in the United States. Most interesting of these responses is how some Filipino social media “influencers” are incensed with the way Americans…
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The treatment of household help or katulong by Filipino families has been put under the international spotlight thanks to the essay “My Family’s Slave” written by the late Filipino-American award winning journalist Alex Tizon. His article was recently published by the American publication, The Atlantic two months after his death. Many readers were moved to…
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The trouble with Liberals is that they are too open-minded. They are, they themselves insist, “pro-choice”. And this is why liberalism is incompatible with the human condition — becuase human beings suck at coping with an abundance of choice. This is where conservatism resonates — it offers a straight path (in the real sense of…
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