The Rising Sun emblem is offensive to Koreans, as well as other Asian countries because of history, the same way the Nazi Swastika is rightfully offensive. Why aren't we Filipinos who put up #cancelkorea offended by it? Well, bec we don't know our history. Nakakaawa tayo.
Remember when Duterte clandestinely removed the Comfort Women monument in Roxas Boulevard? Maybe we have forgotten that Manila was the 2nd most destroyed Allied capital of #WWII before the Japanese were defeated.
While we are all for forgiveness, forgiveness is cheap if we forgive even when Japanese leaders continue to go to the Yasukuni Shrine to honor war criminals who committed great atrocities. This is what the Rising Sun emblem means.
What a grave error to have that Rising Sun emblem for a Filipino to put up, just as we are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the End of #WWII in #PH. To that person, uy, aral ka ng kasaysayan, para maging sensitive ka naman.
This is my long thread on the Battle for the Liberation of Manila that destroyed our capital city 75 years ago. People were rounded up and murdered.
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