Matagal ko na tong gusto ikwento. It happened kasi during Odette and it didn't feel right posting it then.
Before Christmas, @nawawalost and I went Christmas gift shopping. After we were done, Pats had an errand pa so I told her I could handle loading the car myself.
I was wrong haha. I left the cart with the female guard at the loading area so I could get my car.
While we were loading the car, narealize namin hindi kasya ang gamit kasi may giant box of Leni collaterals ako sa likod.
Ate helped me carry the box off the car.
Sumilip siya sa box. Mostly filled alcohol bottles yung laman. Sabi ko "ate gusto mo ba?"
Ate: nakakahiya po ma'am
Me: hindi pinamimigay talaga namin yan
Ate: sige po kuha po ako. Ok lang bigyan ko din mga kasama ko?
Me: go lang po!
She got 3 bottles. For her female colleagues daw. Yung isa sinuot niya kaagad!
May mga dumadaan na ibang guards sa amin habang niloload namin ni ate guard yung car ko.
May ibang lumalapit asking for alcohol bottles. Automatic response ay just get from the box na binaba namin.
Done na kami ni ate magload ng car. I cross to the parking payment booth and while walking I notice a group of male security guards sa may exit.
SUOT NILANG LAHAT ANG ALCOHOL BOTTLES??? Sobrang stand out ang pink bottle And proudly. Leni daw sila kasi hindi siya corrupt. 💕
Pagbalik ko sa car, yung nagpark sa tabi ko daw what was happening and humingi din siya ng ballers and alcohol bottles 😂
This was my first time to experience na sobrang lakas ng demand for #LeniKiko merch. Dito ko talaga unang na-feel na shet, kaya nating manalo.
Sabi ko nga kay @nawawalost, kahit sobrang down ng surveys, kahit ang dami na noong hot takes against Leni's supporter base. Pero hindi ganyan ang nagiging experience ko outside.
Before the day ends, I wanna share a quick entry for my daily #KakampinkStories.
We were driving down from Bacolod to Cauayan in Negros Occidental. Ang daming tarps ni Leni along the highway. Naisip namin na siguro kasi nga dumaan ang caravan ni Leni doon. But as we kept driving
we noticed hindi talaga nawawalan ng tarps ni VP Leni and parang beyond na ito sa dinaanan ni VP Leni when she was there.
May isang restaurant - the lone restaurant in the stretch of road that had a Leni-Kiko tarp. Siempre bumaba kami to check the place out. (Hello @nicoquejano)
We gave ballers and left agad since we wanted to get to our destination before dark (baka masabihan ni @nawawalost na wala kaming sense of urgency)
Pero as we were leaving, we looked back and noticed lumabas mga tao from the kitchen and kumuha at sinuot ang ballers. 🥺
I've decided to try to tell a GV #LeniKiko story per day until the last day of the campaign. Here's today's story.
I went to a petron para magpadagdag ng hangin sa gulong. The kuya helping me was holding a Leni-Kiko fan so I rolled down my window and asked if he wanted a baller.
Kinuha niya and sinuot niha agad. He asked if may shirt pa ako. Sakto may mga unsealed H2H kits sa likod. So I took a shirt from one of them and gave it to kuya.
Sabi ni kuya (without me asking), gusto niya si Leni kasi walang anomalya. Corrique ka dyan.
Binigyan ko din siya ng tarp and mask na galing sa H2H kit. Super unprepared ko kasi I really just stopped by for air and had no plans to campaign on the way home. Nagulat nalang ako na ang dami nang lumalapit. May taxi driver pa na park para humingi ng tarp.
May mga tarps ni Leni along c5 na pinunit ang mukha ni VP Leni.
Sobrang irrational na talaga ang hate ng mga tao sa kanya, fueled purely by lies and cognitive distortions manufactured by political machineries.
May pinatay ba si Leni? Inabuso? Sinaktan? Ninakaw? Wala.
Bakit galit mga tao kay Marcos? Kasi sila yung may pinatay. May inabuso. May sinaktan. May ninakaw.
Supported yan by historical records, court records, books, and even personal accounts.
Meanwhile yung binabato kay Leni most proven false. If true, she takes accountability.
Magnanakaw daw ng boto? Supreme Court mismo nagsabing legitimate ang win ni VP Leni Robredo. The same Supreme Court that affirms na may ill-gotten wealth ang mga Marcos.
This will be a LONG thread but Number 1 na pasasalamatan ko talaga si @PinoyAkoBlog. You do not get the appreciation you deserve for all you do for the campaign. In fact parang you get more hate than love from people looking for an easy target. Love you J! Laban lang. 💕🙌
It's clear naman na these propagandists don't need to be smart. They just need to be confident enough to convince others they are smart and deepen belief in existing biases. Like confirmation bias extreme edition.
Everything that that side does is to appeal to the biases of their supporters. Wala silang pakealam if fake or malicious ang material as long as it gets added sa "mental library" ng supporters.
And the more they are exposed to these materials, the harder it is to get them out.
But also, I don't know how to best handle it. On one hand, we should ignore them so we do not lend our platform to them.
On the other hand, it is possibly one good way to get our message out of this echo chamber - challenging them and making them lend their platforms to us.