Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
19 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
1. Let's get this all out in the open. Might as well be obvious
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 11:17 PM
Apr 2017

And nothing makes it more obvious than inviting Duterte to the White House. It might even make FOX news squirm a little to have to cover that event.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
4. It's better than Trump visiting Duterte in the Philippines, probably?
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 11:35 PM
Apr 2017

Because Duterte would probably take him on a junkie-hunting expedition in his helicopter. And Trump would probably go along.

Snarkoleptic

(5,995 posts)
7. This is officially the F-you Presidency!
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 11:50 PM
Apr 2017

Duterte encouraged vigilantes to seek out and murder suspected drug users on sight.
He's a pariah, but then again, so is Trump, so they're two peas in the authoritarian fascist pod.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
16. The NYThas it on their front page.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 07:42 AM
Apr 2017

Besides ordering police and vigilante groups to kill drug users, Duterte himself boasted about killing 3 people when he was mayor of Davao.

Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
17. Maybe the two misogynistic swine will swap rape jokes.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 08:31 AM
Apr 2017
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/18/leading-philippines-presidential-contender-gang-rape-victim-so-beautiful-he-wishes-he-had-been-first/

"Leading Philippine presidential contender: Gang rape victim ‘so beautiful’ he wishes he had ‘been first’

I was angry because she was raped, that’s one thing. But she was so beautiful, the mayor should have been first. What a waste.” The mayor to whom he was referring, by the way, is himself, Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte, mayor of Davao City on the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

That’s the kind of dark, cruel joke most people would be embarrassed to tell (or even hear) in the privacy of their own homes, yet it’s one that Duterte, a front-running candidate for president of the Philippines, told publicly.
.........
In response, one of the opposing presidential candidates in the May 9 election, Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, said, “Anyone who laughs at the ultimate assault on the dignity of women should not be allowed to wield power,” CNN Philippines reported.

Sen. Grace Poe, another candidate quoted by CNN Philippines, said: “It is distasteful and unacceptable, and reflects his disrespect for women. No one, whoever she is and whatever her looks may be, deserves to be raped and abused. Rape is a crime and no laughing matter. We should all be outraged at abuses against women.”

........."

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
19. Nothing this monster does can surprise me any longer
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 12:38 PM
Apr 2017

By "this monster" in this context I mean Dump. Duterte is also a monster. They should get along fine.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»OMG: Trump has invited Du...