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muike posted:The best part of the John Oliver video is the comments You'll also see this on every other comment section on any article criticizing Duterte. Duterte has massive approval from a lot of Filipinos, who see him as an incorruptible political outsider who has all the solutions. I can't even really talk to some of my older Filipino family members about Duterte, they hijack the conversation to talk about how safe and clean the Philippines is now (which I guess ignores all the corpses in the street). Basically imagine if Donald Trump got elected, and explicitly told his followers that it's okay to kill certain groups of people. Also imagine those followers are armed vigilantes, and he has a 90+% approval rating. Some Duterte quotes: quote:If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself as getting their parents to do it would be too painful. quote:I will recommend to Congress the restoration of death penalty by hanging in public. quote:I don't care about human rights.
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I dunno, I'm pretty nervous about the guy seen in "cockpit areas" (whatever that means).
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Aug 25, 2016 17:30
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How important is social media in the Philippines political landscape now? I've read that the Philippines is the biggest social media user per capita of any country, and I imagine social media's mob mentality tendencies will only further solidify Duterte's personality cult. I hate that Duterte's human rights abuses are the thing that's going to put the Philippines on the map (from the World/West's perspective). The Philippines is still mostly unknown to the world, and their first introduction will be bodies in the streets and a crazed wannabe dictator. I'm genuinely afraid at what's in store in the Philippines' future. I have relatives over there, and I'm scared for their lives if the Philippines descends into violent unrest or civil war.
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Aug 31, 2016 10:09
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