“PH Activists Have Not Learned To Be Intelligent About Their Protests In The Last 100 Years!” – Frank A Hilario, Blogger, Non-Conformist
ANN says (Author Not Named, 22 July 2022, “Defying Authorities, Activists To Hold Commonwealth Protest On Marcos SoNA,” news.abs-cbn.com):
MANILA — Despite failing to get a permit, cause-oriented groups under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) coalition will push through with their planned demonstration along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Monday, 25 July, the day of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's first State of the Nation Address (SoNA), its Secretary-General Renato Reyes Jr said Thursday.
"Tuloy pa rin po ang rally. I don't think it will be stopped by the mere denial of the permit kasi nga po umaayon naman tayo sa karapatan natin sa Konstitusyon," Reyes told ABS-CBN's TeleRadyo.
(The rally will proceed. I don't think it will be stopped by the mere denial of the permit because it's well within our constitutional right.)
Bayan knows it has the Constitutional Right to protest on the streets; but Bayan does not know that it has the Cerebral Right to protest via social media? Pity!
(Yes, I voted for Leni Robredo; yes, I support my President, Ferdinand“BBM” Marcos Jr. Yes, as a writer and crusader for popular prosperity, at the very least I support dialogue in social media in any topic that ultimately pertains to democratic pursuits. I’m a blogger; I also protest, but not as anti.)
The non-intellectual street protest in PH was introduced 119 years ago. GOVPH says (“A History Of The Philippine Political Protest,” GOVPH, officialgazette.gov.ph):
On 01 May 1903, the Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas… the first workers’ union in the country, staged a massive rally calling for an eight-hour working day and the recognition of 01 May as a public holiday. Led by Dominador Gomez and attended by over 100,000 people, the rally culminated in the arrest of several members as well as the harassment of workers’ groups in the succeeding months.
Harassments. What do you expect when you protest too much?!
Note that Bayan’s head Reyes is not saying anything about the why of their planned rally somewhere near the Batasan. So, it is safe to say that the placards will not be “safe.”
That is to say, PH activists have not changed their tactics in a century, and in The Age of Social Media have not learned that the best place to protest is not physical but digital! Not only that it is safe, but you can also be creativewithout end.
Activists! Go form your social media group & campaign via Facebook! Do also Twitter and YouTube to sell your ideas – endlessly if you wish.
Choose your media; be peaceful – and you can be as creative as you want protesting – you’ll be glad you did!@517
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