JUST ANOTHER DAY

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BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR.
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THE ROOT word here is hypocrisy and what does it mean? According to Merriam-Webster, hypocrisy is feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially:  the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion.

And a hypocrite is a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose  actions belie stated beliefs.

Hypocrites and hypocrisy are now the new “black” in Philippine society never mind the losers i.e. Mar Roxas or the Liberal Party i.e. senators Franklin Drilon, Leila de Lima et al., sourgraping is expected of them considering the “happy days” of the pork barrel are over.

Let’s not even talk about the has-beens that never were i.e. Jim Paredes, Cynthia Patag; these two have been trying to revive a singing or acting career that never took off in the first place. They are now using the current issue, the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, as the vehicle to remain relevant and pay the rent.

Forget the so-called leftists and “progressive groups”; these pathetic losers have made a cottage industry of rallies and demonstrations since the time of Marcos up to that nincompoop Noynoy Aquino. And their slogan is, you guessed it right, “Ibagsak ang regimen (name of current president) Amerikano/US.” Suddenly, when President Rodrigo Duterte announced he was breaking off our foreign policy ties with the United States of America, these pathetic losers were in a quandary. They lost their main issue. But hope springs eternal, they are now exploiting to the hilt the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Of course, they have also included such important national interest issues like the existence of the nutri-buns, the blogs of Sass Rogando Sasot and if Sandro, the son of Bongbong Marcos, is handsome or not.

The hypocrisy and hypocrites I’m referring to here are the priests and nuns of the so-called elite schools, namely Ateneo de Manila, La Salle and St. Scholastica, including the Bishops of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines or CBCP.

Let’s start with Ateneo. Their school head or president, Jett Villarin, is using the school and the students, of course, to espouse his stand against the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani yet they accepted a donation from Marcos’ widow Imelda for the Ateneo Scholarship Program. They even had selfies when he invited her to attend the 40th anniversary of that scholarship program.

Oh, Ateneo also says the economy was bad during the martial law regime of Marcos yet they honor his Finance Minister, Cesar Virata.

La Salle shouts “freedom to express one’s political beliefs” yet required their students to wear black and attend rallies against the burial of Marcos. Isn’t that a suppression of one’s political beliefs?

St. Scholastica, in a subtle form of intimidation, had their 10-year-old students carry placards on the streets against the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, and even supported Sen. Leila de Lima. Yet not a word from them on the Mamasapano, Hacienda Luisita and Mendiola massacres all courtesy of the Aquinos.

And we have the CBCP headed by Bishop Socrates Villegas, never mind that he had the ambition to become another Cardinal Sin by calling the faithful to attend the rally against the burial of Marcos, it failed anyway.

I would like to point out his support of Leila de Lima; he even made her the guest of honor in a CBCP mass and made her do her own version of the homily. When de Lima was finally proven to be a sexual predator using her power as Secretary of Justice to shag her driver and security, suddenly this so-called “man of God” was silent. Hypocrisy or “frailties of a priest”, you tell me./PN
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