You’d ask, what’s the point of all this? Is he just KSP or what? Does he just want more publicity? (Even if it’s negative and has nothing to do with the actual issue that he is allegedly fighting for) Or is it just because he can’t let it go? (Pikon lang ba siya?)
When I saw the headlines of his statements such as “Senator Sotto backs blogging bill” and “Sotto claims cyber bullying”, for a few seconds I was lost for words, all I could think of was – SERIOUSLY?!?
Just like the many twisted arguments against the RH bill, there goes Sotto’s camp again with their very many hilarious to ridiculous (failed) PR machinations.
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| Disclaimer: photo not mine (why would I even take his photo?!) |
Kawawa Effect: Claims of being a Cyberbullying Victm
Sotto: “Ako yata ang kauna-unahang senador ng Pilipinas na naging biktima ng cyber-bullying. Mula sa blogs, Facebook, at Twitter, ginawa akong sentro ng mga mapanira at malisyosong atake ng iba't ibang tao, lalo pa ng mga sumusuporta sa RH Bill. Bahagi siguro ito ng kanilang istratehiya, lalo pa't may milyun-milyon silang pondo.
While it is true that there is such a thing as cyber bullying, Sotto is hardly a victim of one. For one, a bully is defined as “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people” (dictionary.com).
Truly, can Senator Sotto be categorized under the “smaller or weaker people” label?
Senator vs. people of social media – who’s the big man and who’s the little people here?
According to Sotto, the Internet and social media is being paid off by the pro RH bill side since they have millions. Well, I don’t know about you but maybe it’s time he realizes that these are actual comments of real people. They are not paid, just as this post isn't a paid post. It's simple: people are just angry at what he did.
Tunay bang hindi niyo matangap na ganyan kadami ang nagalit sa ginawa ninyo na ipinipilit niyo na bayaran sila? Denial ba yan? Ganito kasi yan, yun ginawa po ninyo medyo lang nakakainis, kaya natural lang na madami ang mainis sa inyo. Simple lang.
Isa pa, ang mga tao’y hindi nagagalit sa inyo dahil iba ang pananaw nila sa RH bill. Nagagalit po sila sa inyo kasi nangopya kayo, pagkatapos hindi pa kayo umaamin o humihingi ng paumanhin ng maayos at nangangawiran pa kayo ng kung ano ano. Yan ang dahilan kung bakit gusto nilang barilin ang taga dala ng mensahe.
Isa pa, ang mga tao’y hindi nagagalit sa inyo dahil iba ang pananaw nila sa RH bill. Nagagalit po sila sa inyo kasi nangopya kayo, pagkatapos hindi pa kayo umaamin o humihingi ng paumanhin ng maayos at nangangawiran pa kayo ng kung ano ano. Yan ang dahilan kung bakit gusto nilang barilin ang taga dala ng mensahe.
Plagiarism, Not a Crime
Sotto: “Nais ko ring banggitin para sa kaalaman ng mga tagapakinig, lalo na ng mga taga-pintas kong nais akong makasuhan dahil sa pangyayaring ito, na walang krimen [na] plagiarism sa Pilipinas. Kahit hanapin ninyo pa sa Revised Penal Code, sa Intellectual Property Code, at maging sa Special Penal Laws, wala kayong makikitang krimen [na] plagiarism.”
Let’s just say no one can sue him of plagiarism, does it make it right? Students get kicked out of school for this, I wonder why? Oh, could it be because it is wrong and punishable?
Let’s just say that plagiarism isn't a crime here, it is still embarrassing. It shouldn’t have to be said that plagiarizing his televised senate speech was behavior unbecoming of a senator.
Uulitin ko lang, kasi yan ginawa niyo na pinipilit niyo na hindi krimen eh nakahiya pa rin. Dapat ho eh nahihiya kayo. Dapat humihingi kayo ng pamumanhin ng maayos at diretso. Kaso wala naman kayong ginawa kung hindi magpalusot, magdahilan at mangatwiran na balubaluktok.
Mukhang hindi naman kayo tunay na nahihiya sa ginawa ninyo, ibigsabihin po ba nito eh wala kayong hiya?
Just Delete It
Sotto: “Mr. President, with the permission of this body, I move that the paragraph containing reference with the study of Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride which can be found in Journal No. 8 page 162 dated August 13, 2012 be stricken off the record in order to lay this matter to rest.”
Erasing the plagiarized lines from the official record won’t erase it from everyone’s memories. You did it. It happened.
But let’s say this deletion helps your case, you delete Pope’s lines but what about the (FIVE) other writers and bloggers that you also plagiarized?
Enrile to the defense
So, Enrile has treaded carefully and sort of defended Sotto. He also declared that he doesn’t know what a blog is.
I don’t know, Manong Johnny, you disappoint me. After your great performance in the impeachment trial, you could have chosen to concentrate on the legacy that you've claimed to care about.
Joey the poet
I don’t know how much more ridiculous this can get. So, a Philippine senator chooses to close his public statement with a poem that was written by his former co-host, a comedian known for his toilet humor movies and gag shows (not to mention is an admitted rapist), who Sotto bizarrely declares is a “mahusay na makata”.
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| WOW MALI?!?! (picture from the show's official site) |
Even more ridiculous is the content of this poem:
“Eh di wala nang titingin sa katalogo
Ipagbawal mga sumusunod sa uso, mga impressionists ipakulong na ninyo, pati na rin si Willie Nepomuceno.
Ang masama lang pagdating sa gayahan ay iyong masasamang asal ang tularan.
At kopyahin ang pera at lagda ninuman.
At gayahin ang pilay at may kapansanan.”
Seriously?! It must be asked: Ginagago na ba tayo ni Tito Sotto dito?!
Just because Joey de Leon writes a poem, doesn’t really mean that this actual helps his friend’s argument or that this poem actually makes sense. It really doesn't.
Oh, Tito Sotto…
The more he speaks, the more his team makes their moves, the more Sotto's true colors shine through.
What we find after his weeks of delusional defensiveness about the plagiarism that actually was is the image of such a despicable, unethical, and (scary) narcissistic character who unbelievably has been voted into the senate time and time again.
His behavior over this plagiarism brouhaha reveals a man so out of touch with the new world, still believing and insisting on using his old school hooligan ways to ironically bully the people into accepting his plagiarized anti-RH arguments, his dramatics, his lame excuses and justifications.
What we see here is the epitome of a trapo.
Nalulungkot talaga ako para sa Pilipinas, taon taon naghahalal ng mga taong tulad ni Tito Sotto na sagad sa buto ang pagkatrapo.
Ano na ba ang mangyayari satin kung parati na lang ganito?
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