Dear Butthurt Filipinos,
It has come to my attention that the executive branch of our government has recently asked for an apology from a Hollywood actor, as said actor has made quite public his disappointment with our country’s Customs officials, not knowing that the actual venue of his mishaps was our neighbor, Indonesia.
Now, the fact that said actor was referring to Indonesia is actually not that important. Because something tells me that even if the actor really did have an unsavory experience here in the Philippines, Malacanang and like-minded citizens would still hold out the dark, shredded ribbons of their heart to the rest of the world and demand repentance. They did it with Claire Danes, who is actually an excellent actor, and now they have done so with Taylor Kitsch, who is actually not.
Oh, Butthurt Filipinos, when will you quit being so butthurt about everything? I understand that all of us have the right to be offended, as all of us have the right to take certain ideas and principles with utmost seriousness and passion, but there are far more compelling things for us to be concerned with.
If we just picked our battles and focused our energies on making our country something others can fawn over, rather than writing stern letters to two-bit actors; or squawking at someone who cupped his palms over his ears when they could have just brushed it off and went on with the business of justice; or throwing grade-A hissy fits when the secular government proposes laws that don’t jibe with their pet hypocrisies; we would be living far, far better lives.
Too much time and energy and money is spent on this masochistic whipping of our own behinds and pointing to others as the culprit. There’s a salve for that, dear Butthurt Filipinos, and it’s called dignity. You should try it sometime.
Sincerely,
Marguerite
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Loved that comment, reminded me of Caitlin Upton before much of her 2007 rambling, “some Americans don’t have maps”.
They should’ve started ranting when BI and airport Customs are no longer corrupt, but by that time, I might also be too old to rant.
Imagine living in a relatively unknown country like Benin.
And people confusing your homeland with Burkina Faso.
Unless Pinoys can point out these two countries on the map, we shouldn't really mind if some dumb American can't tell the 7,000-plus island archipelago from the 12,000-plus other archipelago.
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Dear Philippines,
Grow. The fuck. Up.
Signed,
Your citizens