RedBlueThoughts

I just visited the www.filipinovoices.com site where I am a member since its inception) and I found something quite interesting. There’s a reaction from Bencard which says that the reason why the “same-old rabblerousers” cannot and will not get the hearts and minds of the Filipino is they’re promoting “hate rhetoric”. And what is “hate rhetoric”?

Hate rhetoric is what Bencard describes the current propaganda tool being used by militants and activists in their campaigns against the government. Bencard says that people, especially those in the middle class, does’nt buy this crap. What Bencard failed to even grasp is this–it actually works.

People should be convinced to hate something, a system, before they start acting to change it. If you don’t hate something, why would you possibly act to change it? It’s not loathsome to hate. No. When someone feels hatred, he acts with dispatch. That’s why militants and activists do this hate rhetoric to be able to convince people that it’s now time to act.

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