This is on me for tucking in Strickland's tweet at the end and mixing it up with what 90% of my rant was about - that of Filipinos using a Caucasian's post to self-rage again without "elevating the level of discourse".

I'm not mad at Strickland or his point. I understand that even if he's only been to the country once and that it was a first impression, he's still entitled to that.

This is purely my frustration at my countrymen for the same old repetitive talking points that are all linked together and whine about the symptom rather than the cause.

Edit: It's hard to see my point from an outsider view unless you hang out on our sub a lot or a Filipino. To most people who just wandered into this post from Lemmy's rec, it'll just come off as a lunatic complaining about slacktivism.