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Why indeed should Duterte stoop to retired Supreme Court Justice Carpio’s level?

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll No Comments on Why indeed should Duterte stoop to retired Supreme Court Justice Carpio’s level?

What did you expect morons? Rodrigo Duterte is a duly-elected President. Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio was appointed to the Supreme Court and, as he is now retired, makes him an ordinary citizen. What personality does Carpio have? The President is the highest official of the land. Why should he stoop down to the…

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Justice Carpio backs out from debate fearing possible Scarborough Shoal fiasco fallout

Posted on By Ramon Ortoll No Comments on Justice Carpio backs out from debate fearing possible Scarborough Shoal fiasco fallout

It’s really not surprising that retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio would seize an opportunity to himself back out from the debate on the Scarborough Shoal fiasco… Response of J Carpio on Debate with President Duterte President Duterte personally and publicly challenged me to a debate on the West Philippine Sea issue. He said that…

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Rabid Yellows will not win if they keep using their “Marcos paid hack” argument against their critics

Posted on By ilda No Comments on Rabid Yellows will not win if they keep using their “Marcos paid hack” argument against their critics

In the absence of any valid response to criticism copped by their idol, “vice president” Leni Robredo, the Yellows are using harassment to silence critics. Even without proof, yellows are accusing us of being Marcos “paid hacks”, for example. They use lies to attack us. Just because we are criticising Robredo and want to keep…

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According to her own logic, Jover Laurio (a.k.a. @PinoyAkoBlog) is a female carabao!

Posted on By benign0 No Comments on According to her own logic, Jover Laurio (a.k.a. @PinoyAkoBlog) is a female carabao!

Jover Laurio can’t seem to issue a valid counterargument if her life depended on it. She seems to take pride in being able to type the word “kangaroo” in her tweets as evident in this recent one… Taking that logic and running with it, here would be the equivalent response to that. “Back to regular…

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The essence of online discourse was lost when Netizens lost the will to COMPETE for dominance

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Social media academic Antonio Contreras tweeted something that captures the lost essence of online discourse… “In the academe, we don’t block people who disagree with us. We prove them wrong.” (or something to that effect). See, the thing with online discourse nowadays is that people no longer see it as a competitive landscape. Ideas need…

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How can Florin “Pilo” Hilbay be an effective senator if he cannot handle dissent?

Posted on By ilda No Comments on How can Florin “Pilo” Hilbay be an effective senator if he cannot handle dissent?

Florin “Pilo” Hilbay’s only platform for running for a Senate seat is his having topped the Bar exam. And yellows like Jover Laurio are so impressed that he topped it while having a girlfriend on the side. That’s how shallow they are. They assume everyone else is impressed by people who can memorise Philippine laws….

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