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Residents of Marawi evacuate at the height of the ISIS-affiliated invasion in their city | 05242017 | Photos by Roy Tamano of CNN News

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Talk about Aleppo. Cry for them like you cried for Paris. Cry for them like you cried for New York. Talk about them. Our silence is killing them. They are people, PEOPLE. Are they not important because they’re arabs? because they’re Syrian? Do their lives matter less than the life of a French or an American? People from Aleppo are posting their goodbye messages on the internet as a final massacre is expected to happen any time soon and we are SILENT. We have been silent for over five years. Some children in Aleppo don’t know life without war. Imagine living in a city of ruins and having to fear for your life every instant. Hospitals, churches, houses, restaurants are bombed on the daily and hundreds are killed every single day. Yet we are silent. Remember them. Honor them. We’ve allowed a mass genocide to happen before our eyes for years. It’s burning is a testament of our moral failure. Talk about Aleppo, please.

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@ri-kitty and @vibensol here’s another example of how Filipinos can still be pretty diverse.

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Pre-colonial Philippines traditional wear :)

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Oh, hey, @ri-kitty and @vibensol​ these are really pretty artworks. 

Here’s an example of how Filipinos can also not look like the Pacific Islanders pic you took and are actually diverse and not limited to tribal looking ethnicities. How about that.

(I saw a post by @shame-capsule about you two generalizing how Filipinos look like, and in turn SE Asians in general. The nicest thing I can say about that is that you two are ignorant and would rather go with stereotypes and force others into an image you’re comfortable with, than actually research other people’s cultures and looks and try to understand it)

LUZVIMINDA: Tala ng mga Perlas series

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[Source: Google Drive from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines]

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I like when people are all “I’m not pro-Marcos, I disagree with the LNMB decision, but why fight?”

Because I’m tired and maybe if I hear more of that I’ll finally stop bothering.

You’re absolutely right, y’know. Why bother fighting for a country that gives up like that? It’s pathetic, it should be easy to change the burial of a dead man, but when people just don’t bother before it even starts - then well, this happens.

We don’t fight and you accuse us of being uncaring, we fight and you say it’s futile. Inconvenient. Mag-aral nalang kayo. Kayo pa naman ang gumagawa ng traffic. Temperamental brats. Elitists. 

Ano pa.

Really, why fight.

Because honestly, good fucking point for that person who commented on another protest: We’ve had decades to correct this historical revisionism that is Ferdinand Marcos, why bother fighting now? Nakakahiya daw, we’re fighting a dead man.

Nakakahiya, you can’t even fight for a fact in history. Nakakahiya, we lost a fight against a man dead for decades. Paano kaya in present events? In future ones?

Sometimes I wonder why I bother, nobody likes it when we say our thoughts online and nobody likes it when we protest in the streets. Not even the ones who are supposedly on our side, it squicks them apparently. Traffic or whatever. I don’t care anymore, you have no idea how that reason is repeated over and over again.

Lee Kuan Yew was right, we’re a soft country.

Why fight? Pffft, I’m not doing it out of hopes and dreams. I’m doing this out of spite. I don’t want to be them.

I’m getting tired though, maybe that’s why we don’t have much heroes anymore. We beat up any kind of hope with our words, mine died a long time ago. I’m just filling it up with other things.

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It’s honestly not that easy, protests in general are supposed to make people see their message. It’s supposed to show that this thing they’re expressing is important enough to cause traffic. And yeah, there can be planned protests that ease a little burden off people. Gay pride parades and occupying a certain area for one.

But at the same time, if protesters have to be careful every time they make a stand then the other party should also do the same. We’ve already have cases of police brutality over protests that have had permits, them pulling hair and running over people with a van - and then people will say that they deserved it instead of questioning the police’s practices.

And if you look at EDSA Revolution, the sheer amount of people that occupied all the streets.

That’s pretty inconvenient as well. I would go so far to say it’s extreme compared to other protests. Can you imagine the ambulances that were halted during this? By that line of thinking, they should never have done this. They should never have allowed this to escalate.

But also, when you think about it, if something isn’t big or amazing enough, then how will you get your message across? When people complain about protests, it’s actually a chance for other people to explain their side. To make them understand why they’re doing it. To finally discuss about it.

I don’t know, it’s a pretty gray area. Someone is going to get hurt. And honestly, both sides are. Protesters exist because they’re already hurting.

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The youth care because they have heart. They have empathy, and they feel - even just a little bit - the hurt and pain that the martial law victims, both alive and dead, feel now. That their own country has stopped caring about them, that they have become less Filipino to the eyes of their fellow Filipinos.

The youth want these people to know that it’s not true, and that they will fight for justice the same way they had.

Answer me this, why should we care about a part of history? In the same logic, why should we care about Jose Rizal? Andres Bonifacio? Apolinario Mabini? Antonio Luna? Why should we care about the Holocaust, Hitler, and World Wars? Why should we care about racism that had been a fact of life generations ago in other countries? A time where people with black skin couldn’t study in the same school as people with white skin?

Why care about these people and these events, when not even the youth’s parents lived through it? What’s the point?

What’s the point of history? Why study Rizal and Bonifacio when they’re dead? Why study the abuse of the Spaniards when modern Spain isn’t like that anymore? Why study the Holocaust and Nazis when the victims of that time are most likely dead?

Why should we care about a man who started a regime that would begin and end with thousands of bloodshed? A man who has ruined our economy so badly that even the youth now have to shoulder it until 2025? Why should we care that he will be permanently labelled as a “bayani”? A hero?

What would you think, if Hitler was given the same kind of burial in Germany? And before you say, “well, yes, he was obviously a monster!”, and of course you know that - because you can name several things that happened during that time. Probably more than ten. You can even name victims of that time, and movies about that time.

Anne Frank is one victim, can you name a girl from martial law? Schindler’s List is one movie about Nazi Germany, can you name a movie about martial law?

If we can’t even care about the past, how can we truly care about the present and future?

Answer my questions and maybe you’ll understand why the youth care, they’re trying to make you understand what they’re seeing - it’s only fair you make an effort.

And do not call them anti-Marcos. They are pro-country, they are pro-human, they are pro-rights. We care about the human rights violations and death, we care about the corruption and theft, and we care about the man who hurt our country more than he protected it. 

We can accept the good that president did, as all presidents should do, but we will never accept the bad. And with all due respect, the bad outweighs the good ten thousandfold.

open letter to anti-marcos groups

I cant be quiet seeing all those articles and photos of people protesting because of disagreement with the burial of late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani. I dont know if these people are paid, attention seekers, relatives of the victims, or whatsoever but stop saying that Marcos is not a hero because he is not really a hero and he will never be. we all know that. But saying that he has no right to be buried at the LNMB, I strongly disagree. Let me emphasize that he was a former president and a solidier of the philippines. just to educate these uncivilized people, LNMB is designated as the official place of burial for deceased philippine presidents and soldiers, all former presidents/soldiers are entitled to be buried there, It is not even written that only those presidents who haven’t done anything wrong towards the Filipino people are entitled. It is just so irritating to hear people voicing out to protest the decision of the Supreme Court. Stop questioning them because they are well-educated to decide and judge. I cant blame those victims who are protesting because I know they had suffered a lot, they are experiencing a lifetime trauma and a forever nightmare. I dont have any right to judge them because Im not in their situation but I cant understand those people especially the youth who are very mad and keep on protesting who most of them also dont know what really happened when President Marcos placed the Philippines under martial law, they were not there, they were not even born yet, they did not even suffer, and all they know are based on history written in the books or internet, and hearing it from people who were victims. i think it is unfair for the part of Marcoses to be judged by people who they havent done anything wrong but they are suffering until now just because they are part of the Marcos family, they are receiving all these hurtful words, and threats. is the death of the late president not enough for all of you? is the suffering of the family for 27 years watching the head of the family’s body not rested not enough for you? I hope people will learn to forgive and move on. We will not move forward if we keep on pulling back the history in the present. dont pass on the hatreds. dont inherit it to the next generations. why not use it to be better individuals in order for this not to happen again? i hope Filipinos will have a better understanding on what really matters. Finally, stop insulting and blaming the President because of the decision given by the Supreme Court.  I am not an anti-marcos. I am not also a pro. But lets respect each other’s decisions, principles, beliefs, and the Philippine rules. the dead also deserves respect. Lets give it to Him. not just because he is already dead, but because he has been judged and forgiven by God long time ago. If he can forgive, why not us Filipino people? 

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No, okay, I am breaking my serious admin editing mode because seriously what the fuck.

Ironically enough, there is an actual paper written by a UP professor (if I remember) which explained why Jose Rizal shouldn’t be a national hero. One of the reasons was that American conspiracy thing. Anyways, I don’t remember the paper, but it was... interesting to read.

But the American conspiracy explained in the paper was waaaaay different than that. Yes, Jose Rizal did join a Mason group or the like, and he did study in Ateneo - which is a Jesuit school if anybody’s wondering. But, what? Mason-Jesuit-Illuminati-WHAT?! Adam Weichamacallit what what what? 

The dude can research the name of the founder of Illuminati but not the life of Jose Rizal?

Okay, anyways, the actual conspiracy in that paper was that the Americans chose Jose Rizal (over Andres Bonifacio) because he was more pacifistic in his actions. Meaning the Filipinos could admire a hero who was against the revolution and didn’t do any violent or radical actions, and therefore not become violent and radical themselves.

Which is completely wrong, the KKK had already admired Rizal long before the Americans came in. And Jose Rizal had several reasons on why he was against the revolution, granted one was that he didn’t want useless bloodshed, but another main one was that he wanted the Filipinos to be well-armed and well-trained. 

The first members were armed with bolos and a few shotguns, against Spanish military trained men, I honestly can’t blame Rizal for saying that it wasn’t a good idea.

Okay, back to my other blog. Bye.

Conspiracy theories, especially by the marcostards, will always get my eyes rolling. But this is too much! I can’t stop laughing at this stupidity.

Hindi nagpabaril si Jose Rizal para ganyang utak.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Reuters Checks Duterte’s Figures on Drugs

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If you ever feel invalidated for wanting to leave the Philippines and wanting to change things in our country from the outside - remember that Jose Rizal and Antonio Luna did exactly that. They left the Philippines during a time when things were getting dire and they cooked up their ideas in changing the Philippines while they were out of the country. And by the way, it wasn’t an exile that caused them to be out of the country during that time. They left and changed things from there, on their own will. Don’t let ultranationalists decide how you want to change the Philippines. Changing the Philippines from the outside is just as valid and important as changing it from the inside.

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Occupy LNMB will be this Saturday !!! SIGNAL BOOST !!!

In the light of the recent event that is the Supreme Court approving the burial of Ferdinand Marcos (who we all know committed a plethora of crimes against the Filipino people for most of his administration), there will be a protest to be held at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani this Sunday, December 11 starting at 12 AM. 

To RSVP for this protest, click here. Spread this word around to Filipinos who follow your blog!

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Starting now

I’ll be posting news and reactions about the Marcos burial, I know I haven’t been active lately and I’m sorry for it - but I sincerely hoped and thought that the amount of content that I’ve posted these past months would have been enough to… I don’t know, change some people.

To be honest, it’s proof on how much I have little faith in my fellow Filipinos that I’m surprised it lasted this long. 

Anyways.

My ask and submission box are open for all of you. Go and rant, vent, rage, and cry. I promise that this is a safe place to do so, just cut down on the swearing. I know that other social media platforms, like Facebook, aren’t the best place to share thoughts or read other people’s thoughts at the moment. 

Seriously, I know, I saw someone comment why people are upset over something “that doesn’t exist anymore”.

(ladies and gentlemen, you can apparently declare parts of our history as non-existing - wish I could do that to my requirement of thesis)

I still hope that maybe something happens, something changes, that something as heartless and thoughtless as letting a villain like Marcos having a hero’s burial won’t happen.

But as I said, I have little faith in my fellow Filipinos, and it dwindles for issues besides Marcos. Maybe they can surprise me, it doesn’t hurt to hope. It’s all we have left.

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Friendly reminder that Jose Rizal, one of our national heroes, had traveled outside the country for so long that at one point he regretted not being as good in speaking Filipino anymore. 

But it didn’t make him less Filipino, he went from country to country to study, and came back to the Philippines treating sick people using the knowledge he gained. He published his two famous novels, Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, when he was abroad - because trying to publish books like that in the Philippines would have been instant death to both himself and his works.

He didn’t even have enough money to get Noli me Tangere published at first, he wrote the first copies by hand and nearly starved himself to save money - it’s only because of a friend he finally got it properly printed and distributed.

 And I’m not entirely sure, but I remember in one lecture in my Rizal Study’s class that he had tried to look for sponsors and funding for the revolution.

Literally a guy who, by modern standards, would have been that Atenista with a horrible accent in Filipino and held a cup of latte from Coffee Bean or Starbucks, would still be considered a hero because of the sheer determination in his actions and his sincere want to help.

Sometimes you’re a better help for your country when you step back. 

Staying doesn’t mean you’re helping the country, it just means you’re occupying it.

“if u r a flipino pls focus on transforming ur country not getting out of there just bc of what’s wrong u call urself one pero why :(”

sorry but your guilt tripping will take you nowhere. A Filipino by blood can still choose to switch citizenships and that’s okay for as long as they do not deny having a Filipino lineage. It won’t make them less Filipino than you are and I hate to break this to you but you have to respect whatever motivated their decision to leave the country. There are valid reasons behind one’s decision to leave the Philippines permanently or temporarily.

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Also, regardless of the reasons, there is no justification for violently harassing people or running them over with a vehicle more than once.

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That's just murder, and it's not okay to say that they deserved it.

Submitting this instead since it became too long, sorry! So, hello again. I’m that kid from back then. I’m kind of new to these politics stuff since I’ve only been made aware of it because of my professors (By the way, I’m in Grade 11) I recently heard about the thing about a police officer driving a vehicle towards Lumad protesters (please correct me of I’m wrong), so I went to ask my mom about it. I then told her about this pair of guys who discussed in our class about their protests in schools near ours. One of them was a Lumad and had his father, who was a leader of their tribe (Not rally sure though? I forgot, sorry), get killed. Well, she then said to me that the incident was justified and that they deserved it, because they are NPAs. I’ll be honest, the only things I know about the army is that they hide in the mountains and that they are protesters against the government. But, really? I think it’s screwed up that my mom said that they, who are fighting for their own, deserved to die. (Oh yeah, she was also a diehard Duterte fan) I don’t know if I’ve been somehow brainwashed by social media and school, or that she’s the one trying to brainwash me into thinking that all these things are okay. It’s so weird to be a teenager in this generation. Anyway, this turned out to be too long, sorry! But yeah, I really like reading through this blog and getting somehow educated, so thank you.

Okay, I’ll answer this. Your friend is right at some point in terms of the NPA using the Lumad. A Lumad I spoke to when I came back to my hometown of Butuan last year at the height of the Lumad Killings told me about how the NPA and the Military has pitted the Lumad against each other and she actually broke down while relaying that information to me. 

The entire time she spoke to me, I was just speechless. Not to mention that the NPA and the Military who are using the Lumad as pawns don’t even come from where the Lumad live which is why people back in my hometown have banded together to keep the NPA and the Military away from the Lumad. Yes, we’ve got really good solidarity with the Lumad back home. 

In fact, Lumad students have been given scholarships to my hometown’s universities lately in the height of the NPA and the Military trying to prevent them from accessing education. 

In fact, I know a Lumad student who is a beneficiary of such scholarships and she has just completed her degree in Teacher’s Education and has already taken the Licensure Exam for Teachers and is awaiting her results. If she passes, she plans to return to her municipality to teach her fellow Lumad.

I have huge respect for the universities back in my hometown for actually helping the Lumad. Instead of using them as pawns for their self-interests, they are actually teaching them to stand up by their own and frankly, that’s what the Lumad want, to be given the resources to stand on their own. The NPA or the Military can’t and won’t give them that because then, they won’t have any pawns left.

By the way, that police officer who tried running over the protestors is an asshole, then so are those militant groups who usually have no connection whatsoever to the Lumad or the province they hail from. Ever wonder why the militant groups invited the Lumad over? So that if the police go berserk, the militants don’t get hurt first but the Lumad they invite over would get hurt first. Also the same on the side of the police/military who would recruit the Lumad on their ranks.

Sorry for the long answer though, but I believe you deserve to know the truth.

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Sa panahon ngayon, malaya nating naipapahayag ang ating mga saloobin lalo na sa social media. Pero 44 na taong nakalipas, ipinagkait sa atin ang kalayaang ito nang ipatupad ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos ang Martial Law. Kung may internet at social media kaya noong Batas Militar, ano kaya ang mangyayari sa freedom of speech na tinatamasa at ipinapairal natin ngayon? Silipin sa video na ito!

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