Rodrigo Duterte: His Mind and Heart....unfairly misunderstood by some
Posted on Sunday 17 April 2016
Rodrigo
Duterte: His Mind and Heart
…unfairly
misunderstood by some
By Apolinario Villalobos
We love to quote, “do not judge a book by
its cover”, but many do not seem to understand what it means, as they do not
put into practice.
Rodrigo Duterte is one guy who has not been
blessed with good looks and this misfortune is aggravated by his habit of
venting his anger by mouthing cusses instead of banging his fist on table,
punching a wall, etc. But, those who read about his cussing stop right
there….at the time he lets out the unsavory statements as an effort perhaps, to
prevent his anger from triggering palpitations. They just do not know the guy.
And because they do not want to hear his unchristian- like cussing, they
declare Duterte to be verrryyyyy bad!
His bad joke way back in 1989 triggered by
the rape and death of a young missionary woman has been “exposed” supposedly by
the Binay camp. But that was the time when Duterte had barely warmed up his
seat as mayor of Davao City. Besides, apologies have been made…so what’s the
issue there? Long before he took the stewardship of Davao City, he was already
known as a “joker”. His friends can attest to that. But his being a joker has
failed to cover up his strong paternal compassion for abandoned children and
exploited women, especially, those who are raped and murdered, yet. That is the
reason why, he is against drugs which cause the destruction of the youth’s
future. Friends in Davao can also attest to that. Those in Davao who may have
unkind words for Duterte are the ones who do not want reforms in their own bad
lifestyle and in the city. He may have been a “victim” of a Catholic priest
when he was a student, but the incident did not dissuade him from strengthening
his Catholic faith, that is why, he did not hesitate to ask the help of the
city bishopric about his habit of cussing when it came to a point that all his
detractors are using it in their effort to demolish him.
Catholics or just plain Christians for that
matter have been presidents of the Philippines, but it was also during their
time that the country STARTED to suffer from corruption that gave birth to
various sufferings of the Filipinos and the Philippines as a whole. These past
presidents can be seen in photos in the company of the pope, bishops, priests, but
their “graceful” images did not stop the proliferation of corruption in the
country. Except for President Quezon who was known to cuss with “punyeta” as
his favorite, they show very “godly” image, which in Pilipino can be described
as, “hindi makabasag pinggan na ugali”…very kind, soft-spoken. But, what kind
of a country do we have now?
The Bible is full of these hypocrites…all
temple leaders and supposedly interpreters of God’s words. But, who pushed
Jesus Christ towards his doom?....THEY!
Are we assured then, that with their kind
words, these loud-mouthed hypocritically promising candidates who are
condemning Duterte, give justice to the
exploited Filipinos, when they win?....assuming that they will all “do all
possible ways” to win?
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