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‘Preventing another Rodrigo Duterte is a challenge not only to politicians, but also to people who shape our image of God’
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It’s a deeply rooted Filipino perspective that Duterte exploits: a view of God as “Punisher,” the supreme being who punishes wrongdoers more than he embraces sinners. The former president also justified his foul language, in a non-apology to opposition senator Risa Hontiveros. “I would like to express my apologies, especially to Senator Hontiveros, because she is sensitive to these things. My character is really like that,” he said. “I’m rude, I’m shameless, because I came from below.”
This is the moral universe of Davao’s Punisher: killing is justified, and cursing is part of the equation, if it means eradicating criminals and protecting the Filipino.It is a “social bandit-like morality” that Duterte espouses, according to Japanese scholar Wataru Kusaka in his 2017 journal article,Social bandit-like morality “is characterized by the coexistence of compassion and violence under a patriarchal boss who maintains justice outside of the law,” Kusaka said.
“His power and goodness were devoted to the interests of the people to whom he was the almighty protector,” Jocano added.In Zambales, Jocano said, there was the highest-ranking deity named Malayari.
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