#the marcoses dont care about you or this country

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I've been pretty much Leni ever since the presidentiables were you know, laid out in front of us. I've always showed my support by letting my irls know why Leni is actually a great politician. I've always shown my support by sharing a lot on soc med, regarding the things she has done as VP even with the tight budget her office had. So alam mo yon, everybody takes it na si Leni ang iboboto ko.

My jowa, who is an INC, I've come to known kasi na block voting sila. And may ineendorse sakanila na yun dapat iboto nila. I'm not sure about the practice if kailangan ba nila sundin yon kasi they're held at gunpoint pero ayun. We haven't talked abt politics up to now (eleksyon na bukas dzai), pero lagi ko lang sinasabi sakanya na dont vote for Marcos, bahala ka if gusto mo si Pacquiao or whatso. Just dont vote for him. Voting for Marcos, is a disrespect to the Filipino people and your country - eto yung lagi ko sinasabi sakanya. Not the type to dictate naman talaga, lalo na to kasi its his right to exercise his vote, but just a plea lang na please anyone but Marcos. I'm not forcing you to vote for Leni.

Tapos inoobserve ko lang sya these past few days kasi syempre nalaman ko na ang inendorse ng INC ay si Marcos mismo. Inistalk ko sya like I normally do sa soc med, hindi sya nagppost abt election, or nagsshare pero nakita ko yung Liked Tweets nya na tungkol sa reasons why to not vote for BBM - like ung court rulings. Nakakita rin ako ng abt sa likes nya regarding sa rally ni Leni and yung ibang context is how life changing it is. May iba dun about sa farmers na natulungan ng LeniKiko. Then come kahapon, tinanong nya ko if gusto ko pumunta sa Miting de Avance kasi sa Ayala lang sya.

Exhibit 1:

Then nung sinabe kong wala kaming pera, narealize nya ren na wala syang pera nanuod kami ng live.

Exhibit 2:

Sorry sa mukha ko. Naglalakad pa sya nyan pauwe. Paguwe nya nakinig lang kami. Then ung tatay nya nanuod din saglit then lumabas na para makipaginuman kasi fiesta ata sakanila.

Tapos nung dumating kapatid nya, di ko masyadong narinig mejo inaudible pero tinanong nya na "diba pupunta ka sa rally sa Ayala?" then sabi ng kapatid nya pagod daw sya sa work kaya di na muna daw.

Ayoko maging hasty sa assumption pero I hope na even tho faithful sila sa paniniwala nila, ung conscious bias nila sana di sila bumoto sa katulad ni Marcos. Sana kung di si Leni iboboto ng family nya, sana wag si Marcos. Ayoko naman itanong sakanya agad kung sino iboboto nya, for some reason feel ko may vinaviolate akong something. Careful ko masyado when it comes to these things kasi syempre religion yan.

But, aside dun sa assumption ko na baka he sees the good candidate despite all the evil ng mga Marcoses na nakapaligid tapos inendorse pa ng religion nila (which is such a turn on ugh, I want to suck your cock tuloy so bad), gusto ko lang din iappreciate yung gestures nya na pahalagahan ung desisyon ko sa buhay. Sya rin ung madalas nagiinitiate na baka gusto mo to and all.

I think nung di pa kami magjowa, binoto nya si Duterte tapos sya rin nabadtrip kay Duterte during his regime, kaya binatikos nya na rin (which is such a turn on ulit, kasi di sya panatiko, ang sarap mo na) and napagusapan namin dati na dapat mangielam sya kasi tax payer sya. If he keeps on being silent just because he's comfortable while other's are being severely affected, then he's siding with the oppressor. So hanggang ngayon, nakikita ko paren na ineembody nya yung principle, di nga lang sya vocal. I hope meron syang natututunan sakin kahit puro ko dakdak, pero I'm really happy kahit inaassume ko lang na hindi nya iboboto si Marcos kasi mukhang ganon. But if he does, I'd be very disappointed.

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collected tags that are also very good:

#Honestly picture you this - you don't have access to the internet #Your TV barely works #You've been fed information that you never questioned #It's really hard to go against that unless everyone really is aware of all that #I think there's a lot of importance with putting out information especially in the poorer neighbourhoods - and i can't say if that's done #Or not #So the system is a definite big factor - even if people got the gist #There's no one who can really back them up with this information #No follow up #So why change votes? ( via @clanime )

#machines are rigged to hell and back it's insulting how disgustingly obvious they make it #his teams are getting almost the same voting ratios and the rate of votes counted for him are constant instead of fluctuating #dont get me started on the machines that just so happen to break all at once ( via @teotoffee​ )

#THIS! THE PROBLEM IS IN THE EDUC SYSTEM THAT REWRITES HISTORY! IN THE 'ALLEGED' TROLL FARMS! #THE PROBLEM IS THAT IN HERE EDUCATION IS A PRIVELEGE RATHER THAN A RIGHT #AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR! #it is a hell lot bigger than 'tanga ka pinas' ( via @angel-bazethiel ) for my non-tagalog speaking friends, ‘tanga ka pinas’ translates to ‘philippines you are stupid’

#its all very much classist #and it shows the ongoing ignorance people have about how disinformation campaigns work #there's also smth ironic about people in the US and UK talking shit about people being taken in by all the wild smear campaigns #when random FB ads to this DAY have people taking horse dewormer over the actual covid vaccine #the Marcos family has a TON of resourses at their disposal to literally flood the feeds with nonsense #and we live in a world conditioned to be susceptible to that shit #its really a nightmare all around bc the Marcoses are monsters and Duterte is too ( via @babygirltouya )

#all the headlines from other countries #as a citizen i feel humiliated and upset because some of them are saying the truth #but its not like we as filipinos didnt try to boost leni #There was 1M people in her last grand rally before the elections #There were hundreds of thousands in the rallies before her last #Cultural artists endorsed her and performed for her rallies that are organized by common people who volunteered to do it for free #We're talking celebrities!!! #We keep losing as people because the system is rigged ( via @rirk-ke )

#this was decades of disinformation and manipulation to the most vulnerable sectors. decades in the making #the foreign audience needs to understand the full context because 1) thats the least they could frigging do at this point if they #actually care about journalism and true reporting #and 2) we're not an isolated case. this can happen to your country too. if the corrupt get their hands on ways to control information and #get rid of dissenting voices. they control the story and what people believe in. #foreign media does not get to act all high and mighty. this can happen to you too. (via @actualbird )

#what’s worse is the lower class who were the primary targets of manipulation and lies are probably the ones who will experience the worst #the blatant lying and corruption by the commision on elections too ( via @yeahlike )

#particularly salty by americans doing it because #my brother in christ #you colonized us a hundred years ago #your president harbored the marcos family on your shores #the social media platforms that enabled this disinformation campaign are owned by YOUR silicon valley ( via @katastrophicresonance )

the way other people (esp non filipinos) are blaming filipinos instead of blaming the marcoses for their massive disinformation campaign & probable rigging of voting machines.... it doesnt sit right with me