Reaction Episode: Omni News Report on loi 96 as a Filipino & comments

Everything's Political

Mabuhay les ami.es,
I have been meaning to address and unpack the comments under the recent Omni news report that I was part of. If you want to watch it, it's on Omni News Facebook page.
I want to decortiquer a bit the emotions behind the comments that are hateful that basically came from somewhere deep.

For this episode, I dived into our concept of home and the decalage between our parents' generations and ours.
Why is it that our own kapwa is mad that we are fighting for our rights? That advocating for our kapwa is considered "mayabang" or arrogant? I believe that this is rooted in our insecurity and that entrenched inferiority complex that was planted by the imperialist.
I am so tired of keeping our heads down. That being said, I thank France Stohner for bringing looking for a way to give me a more solid and wider platform. The news has made ripples in our kapwa and they are asking questions.
We have our rights and damn right we are going to fight for them. Why is that so wrong? Oh yeah, coz it's a reflection of how much we are taught to be obedient and submissive. Every time we deviate away from this mentality, people have diligently "followed" the rules. We are free from these constraints while they are drowning in one. So of course, they are bad. We get to fight back and be mayabang but they cannot.
Using my unawa, I understand the frustration they are feeling. Those frustrations manifest and they project those bad energies on us attempting to bring us down. But I simply reject that notion right away.
My parents have worked hard for me to have the freedom I am living in. I will rock the boat and rattle the cages.
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Vero, out.