This is a screen cap of an album someone posted on Facebook.
This is appalling to me. My father, an ordinary civilian citizen, risked his life to fight against the iron fist of martial law, and less than 30 years later the same people whose freedom he fought for are saying he was wrong to do so??
Why is there so much pro-Marcos propaganda these days? Is our nation’s collective memory really that retarded that we’ve forgotten what it was like under his rule? Is it merely a political ploy to rewrite history by targeting the children of parents who didn’t care enough to make sure truth becomes history?
Yes, he was so good he turned tanks and guns against his own citizens, faked his military medals, censored the news from telling the truth and threatened to cut off the water supply of any province that didn’t vote for him. There was no freedom of speech; all who spoke out against his regime were imprisoned or exiled, or labeled a Communist. People couldn’t even congregate on the streets in groups of more than 2, or stay out past 10pm. Our great-great-great grandchildren will still be paying off our foreign debt because of what their family stole and are still enjoying from their Swiss bank accounts.
Yes. Awesome president.
I normally don’t comment on things like this because I hate politics, but if anyone thinks they’d want someone like Marcos as their president, they should go to North Korea or Syria and enjoy their “freedom” there. I am shocked that so many from our generation are echoing this sentiment.
The freedom and democracy we are enjoying today is a result of the downfall of his regime. How typical of us to kneel down and kiss the asses of everyone who has exploited our country (praising the “mestiza” beauty, trying to be “like America”, and now this), and spit on the graves of those who fought to defend its liberty.
If Marcos were in power today, there is no way I would ever be able to post something like this without being tossed in jail. Our country is far from perfect, and oftentimes downright frustrating, but the fact that I can say so freely without fear of punishment is enough to tell me we are still heading in the right direction.
And I’m not even a Noynoy supporter.
PS – I wonder if 30 years from now, the youth of Libya will be saying the same things about Gaddafi (who, by the way, was very chummy with the Marcoses). SMH
