LOVE HIM OR LEAVE HIM : THE DUTERTE PHENOMENON IS ALSO A SYNDROME

As an apolitical creature during most of my youth and  after several years have finally realized that I am a parcel of a whole that is a brown race ; I have taken the liberty to use social media to vent my indignation of what happened to the pipe dreams I blew when the widow took over in 1986.  Before her, I was into what seemed to be a smooth sail as a showbiz upstart.  I did FM radio, got fancied to appear as an actor in films and television and did preprod work with a then hot director of risque photoplays.  Then, things took a turn when the most touted democracy was supposedly regained; I had to work like a horse, a dog and a fleece just to keep my body and soul glued to each other.  But then that is all but the past and even if our past is our worst nightmare and enemy, I can gladly say that so far people can talk to me coherently.

FACEBOOK is such a relief for so many maladies that knocked on all parts of consciousness.  I was particularly fond of Ramos, kinda amused with Estrada; intrigued with Arroyo, and 'violently' repulsed with the Aquino III.  This time, I wasn't quite ready for a DUTERTE... BUT here is what I recently posted on my timeline:

...In the past we were almost definite with our emotions toward our presidents. Either we LOVED or HATED them. Of course they had all their positive and negative traits and moments, but we always swayed to our first impression of them. But with DUTERTE , we are lost [?] and in quandary as to how we should feel about him. NOW, there are staunch supporters who rally every day with the best words they can muster in evaluating his days in the presidency and not to be ignored are the virulent tribe on the other side of the fence to discredit whatever malicious squeezable fact at hand... this is one man with balls as big as the moon who repeatedly vows to do what he believes is best for his country in his capacity as chief of the brown race. His anti-drug campaign is indeed commendable. We all owe that to him. With a grain of salt, sand and all residue of the past, we also have to deal with his streetsmart albeit vulgar mouth and conduct because that is what made him stick to the palate of the masses like kalamay. His 'you-don't-f★ck-around-with-me' look when all attention is on him is very cinematic reminiscent of hollywood demigods Clint/Arnold/Liam among many others [he once spent a considerable time comparing his moves to their filmic characters]... he is not to be expected as diplomatic as most world leaders are ; he will curse like your tubero or manginginom sa kanto complete with some sardonic facial contortions. He is lovable in his own way since brassy men are expected to have golden hearts. So to survive until the end of his term we should establish a LOVE-HATE relationship to saturate the poison as well as damning damned if you do , damned if you don't. Afterall, he is our president and is also human who deserves our respect , our doubts as we do with the people we are sailing with on a day to day basis ... #RehimengJologsRules

Although I spotted several uneasy grammatical errs, I merely went through to deal with what I wrote so as not to spoil the moment.  JOLOGS is what perfectly describes the guy.  But not in a bad way.  There are millions of JOLOGS in this oriental paradise , therefore it really is a sociocultural phenomenon that clearly traces back to where we all came from.  JOLOGS did not just sprout of mid-air, it has a rich root as described in an URBAN DICTIONARY : 1. Derived from the combined words daing (salted fish), tuyo (a type of dried fish) and itlog (egg). Dyolog then became Jolog, a term for someone who is tacky, but implied in a more negative tone and often referred to people who belong to the lower class of society. 

2. "Baduy", "skwating", tacky 
3. Someone who likes Jolina Magdangal (a tacky, teeny-bopper wannabe) 
4. Jolina Organization 
5. Someone from the lower class of society who tries to be cool but ends up a failure and in turn becomes a "jolog" 
6. Anything or anyone associated with things that are "pang-masa" (for the masses)

-Those people at SM are so jolog! They're probably from the squatter's area. 
-Yuck! What is she wearing? Those chokers are soooo jolog. 
-Omigod! She's like a fan of Jolina? That's so jolog! 
-What a trying hard wannabe. Freaking jolog. 
-ABS-CBN is soooo jolog. And Judy Anne Santos is just about the queen of jologs. Well... second to Jolina anyway.

ayon kay kei_blue ika-23 ng Setyembre, 2003

From all angles, DUTERTE is indeed a JOLOGS.  He is palamura.  He talks just like most of us.  He is always in-heat for a scuffle; his midnight presscons is really an exercise of blubbery, which is what Jologs are best known for.  But you cannot just say that on his face because he will exhale a crisp PUTANGINA and if you are beneath him a generous shower of fermented saliva.  It is what got him where he is really and if we rally about it, it would cost us a lot.  

QUEZON, ROXAS, OSMENA, MAGSAYSAY, MACAPAGAL, MARCOS, RAMOS, ESTRADA, MACAPAGAL-ARROYO and AQUINO are all prominent names built upon a heavy political cache for generations, but DUTERTE is a fresh family name.  As Mayor of Davao for the longest time, he established a reputation that you are not to fuck with him and his decisions and whatevers.  DUTERTE is such a strong name.  It starts with a D, which is the fourth letter of the alphabet and subliminally it echoes a secure footing upon anything of those bearing such family name.  As a matter of fact, it is a virtual cult in durian country.  

If there is anything that best describes this guy, it is DEDICATION.  Afterall, he says he has nothing to lose but all to give to the country that is the home of his people.  Loving him isn't enough you have to hate him too to know him better.