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Long rant ahead!
For context, I’m a Filipino healthcare worker who also married an Irish national. Unfortunately, I was born and raised in Mindanao and I speak Bisaya so yeah, my mom and few of my sibs are lowkey DDS - lowkey because they know how much I hate what they stand for and will never debate me on things maybe because I also send them financial help because I still help pay for our youngest education. I try to encourage them to speak up and not be hindered with my willingness to help out but I know deep inside they see my point, hence, they don’t attend rallies as absurd as the photo above.
My frustration lately stems from having to explain to my husband the DDS’ mindset. He can’t believe that majority of the people who went to this rally are nurses, engineers and spouses of Irish nationals. My husband would say always ask me - why do they hate drug addicts so bad? My answer is always - because we don’t have immigrants to hate on. What infuriates me is at least here, immigrants rights are being upheld, so many Irish people rally behind us from the far right movement who targets us.
Sa Pinas, they label all criminals as drug addicts which propagates more hate. My mom thinks I’m out of touch and that I’ve never experienced the safety she felt during “Duterte’” time but I told her, safety shouldn’t be at an expense of our freedom. She also said that teenagers got home early and won’t spend time hanging out on streets due to curfews imposed- Mom, don’t punish the whole Philippines for your bad parenting!
Omg, I’ve been so toxic to my Mom because of this. I don’t have Filipino friends here either and it’s so sad because I truly enjoy Filipino parties and I’d like to teach my children to speak Bisaya but no hope because I can’t stand the DDS.
Ireland will never support Duterte, they are the first European country who voiced their support for Palestine! What makes you dumb DDS think that you can represent Ireland as a supporter of the devil incarnate?
Rant over. Thank you for this space.
