Philippines President Calls On Civilians To Kill Drug Addicts

[askeptic]

Source: Huffington Post

The Philippines’ president is asking civilians to murder drug addicts in the island nation — adding to a growing list of outrageous actions from the newly elected official.

President Rodrigo Duterte was sworn into office on Thursday after running a campaign that focused on violently cracking down on crime.

He’s pledged to bring back the death penalty and kill 100,000 criminals. Now, he’s asking his fellow Filipinos to kill alleged criminals themselves.

“These sons of whores are destroying our children,” Duterte said Thursday night to a crowd of 500 in a Manila slum. “I warn you, don’t go into [drug trafficking], even if you’re a policeman, because I will really kill you,” he said.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/philippines-president-encourages-civilians-to-go-ahead-and-kill-drug-addicts_us_57767fc8e4b04164640f91c2?section=

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This is how demagogues behave. Hopefully, we won't get one...

[niyad]

1. this is the same sick bastard who was mad because he didn't get first crack at the

woman who was gang-raped and killed.

[Ford_Prefect]

2. Sounds Like Trump on steroids. How long till the next coup?

[ansible]

8. He's more like Bernie Sanders on steroids

Duterte is very left-wing compared to the opposition paid for by the conservative oligarchs(who'll be the ones organizing a coup if it happens). He's already gotten further ahead in ending the communist insurgency than any other previous president did.

[Feeling the Bern]

12. Yes because Bernie advocates the murder of drug addicts. Welcome to DU, low count poster

I do believe your stay will be very short.

[forest444]

9. To think there was someone here on DU who chastised me for making the same comparison back in April.

But if walks and talks like a duck...

[4bucksagallon]

3. I'm still waiting for him to declare martial law and get on his jetski to go and.....

personally plant the Philippines flag on one of the Spratly atolls that China is turning into a airstrip.. Like he said he would do..... That should be the last we hear from him...

[LuvLoogie]

4. The clock is ticking on that one.

[dbackjon]

5. Trump is jealous

[Iggo]

6. That's our friends, right?

[ansible]

7. As a filipino, I have mixed feelings on Duterte

On one hand he's fucking nuts but on the other hand I don't know what else can be done with the Philippines. Meth abuse is horribly rampant in the Philippines, even young kids and old grandmas are addicted to it. Poverty is so terrible in the Philippines and the income inequality makes the US's looks like nothing. The country has 10 billionaires and many other rich upper class families with roots stretching back from the Spanish colonial era yet many people have to survive on less than $1 a day.

This is why Duterte won and has such powerful popular support, he was the only candidate willing to take on the oligarchs and the corrupt Catholic Church which has enormous levels of power and wealth like how the Vatican did during the medieval ages. What are filipinos supposed to do when the standard of living remains as poor as ever and society is getting more desperate with all the other politicians completely corrupted by greed?

Either way, things are getting really really bad with or without Duterte. I'm just glad I was able to get out and live in the US now, but I still have lots of family there and fear for them.

[ZombieHorde]

10. Thanks for the perspective. nt

[Feeling the Bern]

13. And yet he advocates the extra-judicial murdering of people with a physical illness.

Great guy. . .and I thought Arroyo was a waste of skin.

[Skittles]

14. advocating murder is not a solution to ANYTHING

[SoLeftIAmRight]

11. if they do - i hope they start with alcohol

wise people know that there is a better way