Commentary: It's easy to fool a Filipino

I'm sorry, compatriots, but this is what those who cheat and deceive us are probably thinking. How many times has our race changed not only by the foreigners who occupied us but also by our fellow Filipinos? I thought I would never experience an open distortion of the truth after the Gloria Arroyo regime. I also went through Marcos and of course because he was a dictatorship, distorting or hiding the truth is associated with forced tenure.

I don't think that at a time when information is arriving so fast with the help of the Internet, we Filipinos will still be the victims of what we call and are proud of being techno-savvy. Isn't it true that when the world is still addicted to mobile phones, we are texting capital? We are so attached to technology even though many of us can be said to be in the poverty line there are more definitely cell phone owners. Instead of buying rice, just load the hand money. For what? To communicate with family and friends, whether next door or in another town; to be “updated” on what is happening inside and outside the residence. When the Internet became a part of life, it was easy for Filipinos to soar on it. How many of us have the most FB accounts in Asia and the world? Even during Friendster, the presence of Filipinos on so -called social media platforms was already known.

This is due to the spread of Filipinos in many parts of the world. The internet is an advantage to us because it makes it easier and cheaper to communicate with our loved ones who are living in search of an opportunity to earn for a better family tomorrow. The world has become smaller and easier to embrace because of the Internet. But why also because the Internet seems to be more fragmented and we know less about our country?

When did the Internet start to be used to confuse the minds of our Filipinos? The strongest was during the last campaign or a few years before the 2016 presidential election. There has been talk of Duterte being a “cool” mayor and being a model of order, tranquility and development in Davao City. I haven't been there yet but I'm also not that interested in reaching the place because the local government already has news of nefarious activities. I am probably one of those who believed more in the previous revelations, especially by the human rights commission, about the activities of the formerly known as the Davao Death Squad.

It was in the middle of Noynoy Aquino's term when Duterte's name began to rise (and now we know it intentionally). But we did not pay enough attention to the deliberate sounding of his name. At the same time, he stubbornly refused when running for a national seat was mentioned. That rejection is also part of it. Just pretending to be coerced and being coerced is increasingly noticed and talked about. At the same time, the name of Duterte is being criticized for hurting and crushing the Aquino administration and anyone who looks like it will be a chicken for 2016. You will be annoyed by the various comments and insults to a decent, honest and sober presidency. You will ask why the Filipinos are so dissatisfied. Even those who would have thought seemed to go along with the reckless criticism.

He is still not fully convinced that there is a riot going on among the Filipinos in preparation for Duterte's run. Not only PNoy's candidate was trampled, but also other candidates. Because there is a strong fear that an openly corrupt vice will win, regardless of the fact that part of this mess is the campaign to change the promise as if the country is rotten and PNoy is all to blame.

Annoyed by traffic, harassed on any issue, set aside whatever he has done well, take advantage of the fact that PNoy does not want to brag about his achievements for the country. Emphasize his downfall. This was accompanied by superficial but still destructive criticism of Mar Roxas' every move, a little slap on the other candidates, and a softening of the lesser losers. All this has been done successfully with the help of Facebook, and members of the media are more inclined to be paid and accomplices of the corrupt. The victim of deception? Almost all Filipinos in various sectors, from the ignorant to the highly educated, from the homeless to those with mansions and large properties, from the unemployed to those in another town.

The chicken of the hideouts won. It seems that only foreign invaders used boladas to attract the natives who were very kind and easy to attract. The hideout won. Today, it is not just boladas that are being offered to the perpetrators- extreme violence and even violation of their identity. Does the Filipino know that he is being manipulated? Someone is waking up. But there are still those who are dumb and proud that they are dumb. These are the paid leeches of this regime, those who cannot be made sober and therefore decided to become demons. Duterte has only been in the world for a few years, but his demonic flaws, the younger, the worse. With the Internet, Filipinos who are hard, tired, lazy to read and think will continue to be silenced.

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