‘Sons of whore journalists’: Duterte blasts media & ‘passé’ Catholic Church
Duterte hit out at two of the country’s media outlets. © Pyay Kyaw Aung
RT.com – 3/4/17
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte continued his tradition of provoking acrimony in public speeches, this time using an address to newly-appointed government officials on Thursday to slam both the Catholic Church and two of the country’s media outlets.
“These priests, they think highly of themselves. Jesus, I’m telling you, that religion will become passé in the next 30 years,” Duterte said at the address in Malacañang, reported the Manila Times.
The president claimed that more of the institution’s abuses would come out and criticized money collections in church, saying they go towards the priests groceries. He described priests as oligarchs and claimed “the Catholic Church is to be blamed for the country’s ills.”
#Duterte: I will declare martial law to preserve my nation if drug problem turns ‘virulent’ https://t.co/f2Jr4Gal2ppic.twitter.com/krizWNpJ7m
— RT (@RT_com) January 16, 2017
Duterte, a Catholic who has been speaking out against the Church after they criticized his war on drugs, said he would be more “socially correct” if his mother was still alive.
“When my mother was still alive, I cannot talk the way I talk now. If only my mother is still alive, I cannot speak loosely the way I do now,” he said.
Philippines media outlets the Daily Inquirer and ABS-CBN were also attacked by Duterte, who described them as “sons of whore journalists.”
“I’m not threatening them but someday their karma will catch up with them,” he said.
The Inquirer said in a statement that they took exception to his remarks, saying they “upheld the highest standards of excellence in journalism.”
INQUIRER statement on President Duterte’s remarks.
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— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) March 30, 2017
Yep, a sociopathic dictator-wannbe is the last word on Catholicism, as far as this Orthodox site is concerned! No balance, almost no quotes of his opponents, just pure love for his anti-Catholicism! Will you cheer him on when he starts killing Catholics as Catholics? If you do then you have no Serb-Croat, Ukrainian-Pole conflicts to fall back upon to justify it, since Filipino Orthodox have largely been left in peace, and that would make you, well, REALLY WRONG (for lack of a better phrase).
Fully agrred Tom, my Orthodox friends, are very worried about all this situation, but not those from this “orthodox” page… look like to me we adjust waiting for best news, “Catholics no more” or even better- “Bishop of Rome is gone”. This page push Peale away from true Orthodoxy!
The problem for me is, despite this site’s flaws I know of no better site for Orthodox news. Do you have any suggestions?