Thomas Van Beersum says ,"So
trolls, let me get this straight. You would denounce a foreigner taking
part in a political rally fighting for the rights of Filipinos and
denouncing the violence used against Filipino activists because of
"foreign meddling into Filipino affairs", but are you even slightly
concerned when foreigners are killed by government forces in the
Philippines such as Father Fausto Tentorio on October 17, 2011
or my friend Willem Geertman on July 3, 2012, or when foreign
multinational companies such as Xstrata-SMI destroy the environment,
steal the resources and even have been linked to political killings, or
simply to the fact that the Philippines is still a puppet regime and one
of the closest strategic allies of US imperialism? If you are
consistent, you should also criticize the multinational companies and
the imperialist governments who have been meddling a lot more into
Filipino affairs than one Dutch activist with wannabe Wolverine
sideburns."
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When
this happens, as in, a foreigner is perceived to be “attacking” the
Filipino ego, the society will then go nuts over it. Many have seen this
in the media several times before. Some Filipinos even were disgusted
at this behavior from their own countrymen and have called it “stupid
Pinoy Pride”. Some Psychologists in the past have called this behavior
“Amor propio”, relating it to sensitivity to criticism. Others saw it
not just as a sensitive reaction to criticism, but a reaction when the
criticism is from non-Filipinos. This would cause some others to be
angry at the society for double standards; for making fun of other
nationalities and races, laughing about it, yet going crazy when another
nationality says something about them that might not even have been
insulting. One recent example of this is when Justin Bieber made fun of
Manny Pacman out of sport satire, yet many, although not all, within
Filipino society felt insulted. This led some government officials to
angrily tell Justin that he might be banned from entering the country.
It’s overreacting, right? Well, that’s what happened with this case too.
What was the end result? Comments insulting the Dutch guy
personally. Of course, some of these comments were angry at his
political beliefs, Communism, which is understandable in terms of
political debate (although some of the political insults were
illogical). But a good many of them attacked him based on his race and
nationality. Calling him an insult coupled with an emphasis on his race
or nationality is already using is race as a token of insult. I saw
stuff like “Flying Dutchman”, “White Monkey”, and “Typical Arrogant
Stupid White Guy”. As I said in my previous paragraph, the mere
unconscious stereotype upon white males appearing to express anger
before a Filipino will drive people to fixate on his race/nationality,
thus these racist remarks. To make things more disgusting, people were
asking for his arrest or his deportation (this is also disturbing in
terms on “Freedom of Speech”), and worse, even his execution or have him
handed over to the one commenting, or locals, to kill him themselves.
What sense is in this idea of slaughtering a white person over appearing
to make a cop cry? None. Just pure senselessness and criminality.