- Thursday, July 22, 2010, 22:01
- About AntiPinoy
This post delves into the thinking behind the AP dynamics (as I see it anyway) in the comment threads which people are quick to label as thugs. Three keywords to remember - Praxis, Dialectics, and Aporia.
Praxis
Praxis is the process by which a
theory, lesson, or skill is enacted or practiced, embodied and/or realized. It is a practical and applied ...
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- Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:41
- About AntiPinoy, Culture, Society
I don't know whether I should be amused or be rolling on the floor laughing. You know why? It's this "you need to be in the Philippines to be able to do something that counts". You see, if I were to take this twisted logic at face value - this would mean that sa dinami dami ng Pinoys who are in the Pinas - you ...
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- Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 20:54
- About AntiPinoy, Society
As the election season heats up, rhetoric heats up and clashes are bound to occur. Clashes can be good as they cause sparks of brilliance - or it can succumb to the forces of entropy and degenerate into profiling and stereotyping. That need not be the case. Strawmen arguments and red herrings will abound - and if you speak your truth too clearly, you can ...
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- Monday, March 8, 2010, 21:21
- About AntiPinoy, Society
As a nation, we all agree that we want to soar. The question is do we have the wings to soar? How do we grow our wings so that we may soar? Otherwise, we will be in the too-familiar "failure-to-launch" syndrome. From time to time, we need to reexamine what we are doing and determine if we should still continue to be doing it. This ...
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- Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:33
- About AntiPinoy
The ever-affable commentator Conyo asks "Why do you bother nagging Pinoys to Get Real? ". He goes even further to ask
Do you have a nostalgic loyalty to your country of birth? The typical Jolog argument says that we must serve our country of birth which nourished us. Really? Any well traveled person (such ...
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- Monday, February 22, 2010, 5:37
- About AntiPinoy
We would not blindly shirk into the sidelines when we see wrongs being perpetuated. We shall state the truth no matter how hurtful or offensive others think it may be. They are the same truths that have set us free, and we hope to free the others as well from the dysfunctional culture that has incarcerated the country.
We do not claim to be the be ...
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- Saturday, January 2, 2010, 5:51
- About AntiPinoy, Development, Society
Earlier today over breakfast I was discussing with a friend this documentary I saw last night on Discovery about Kung Fu masters. One of these martial artists was the son of shop keepers - middle class folk. He was sent to Kung Fu school when he was 13 or so and, because of the training, he was able to go home only after several years. ...
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- Thursday, August 13, 2009, 15:36
- About AntiPinoy
Does your coach yell at you and tell you what you're doing wrong in practice? Why does he do that? Is it because he hates you and wants nothing to do with you? You think so? Then why are you still on the team, and starting every game? Sometimes the harshest criticisms, those words that hurt the most, are ...
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