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Social media and the dismal state of Filipino activism and political commentary

Posted on August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 By benign0 4 Comments on Social media and the dismal state of Filipino activism and political commentary
Social media and the dismal state of Filipino activism and political commentary

Sad to say, Philippine “activism” hasn’t progressed much over the last several decades. The “movements” may have moved from the streets onto social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, but the quality of the discourse has remained pathetically dismal. The venerable former blogger Dean Jorge Bocobo (DJB, a.k.a. @SagadaSun on Twitter), for example, has taken…

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Truth or Consequence

Posted on January 8, 2013January 8, 2013 By Mauro Gia Samonte 94 Comments on Truth or Consequence

Apropos the stream of comments generated by my article SYRIAN WAR: MARCOS IN RETROSPECT, I’m prompted to think back on Rashomon, that movie by Akira Kurosawa which won the Best Picture Award in the 1950 Berlin Film Festival onward to winning a similar honor in the Cannes Film Festival. Rashomon tells the story of a…

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