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What would you know, you weren’t there at the PA. I never heard of you till now on the Shrewds.
Did you post at TMF?I posted when I first got on TMF, and then stopped and just read, rarely posting. But I read. When I was in the Philippines, I read, but I posted politics on a FB group that got shut down after Jan 6. I continually read Albaby, New Echota, and one other poster who stopped posting here once the atheist board became the new PA.
In the Philippines we rarely discussed politics because there were too many MAGATs. They would get bonkers, making threats and libelous statements. Too many people filing suits. I tried very much to educate them and let them know they weren't in the USA. the laws were different, and that the truth as a defense could be overcome if you intended to defame. So we had all these bloggers and posters suing each other. It was easy enough not to talk politics.
But we had a front row seat to Philippine politics - it was fascinating and both simple and complex. Duterte got elected and I watched the silence opposition/retribution campaign where he threw a rival newspaper out of its office, disappeared an amnesty grant for a Senator critical of him who had evidently participated in a mutiny, threw Senator De Lima in jail on the basis of imprisoned cons swearing they paid her, tried to shut down a newspaper in contrived ways that made you realize the court system was complicit and cooperating with him.
But expats were afraid to talk about any of this online thinking to do so could get you deported. I dug up the law and the memos, but still too afraid. So we never had any decent discussion on line, they were all off line. My landlord turned out to know quite a bit(ex Government officer).
It's a little frustrating when there are people murdered on the island, pollies and prominent businessman ex past are afraid to talk bout ti, so you need some trusted educated Filipinos who are in the know, and they are the only ones who can talk about it. Everyone else doesn't know or is afraid to talk about it. You can get stupid talk and conspiracy theories from ex pats, but no intelligent talk.
After I left, the Pamplona massacre happened.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamplona_massacreAnd all that time I read TMF for investment, for politics, and for the jokes. Does anyone know where the joke posters went? That how I became friends with Average Joe, and met him in real life with my wife. Sad when he got booted and I spoke up for him. We are missing one good conservative poster IIRC.
