Should the Philipines President be invited to join our site?
‘Don’t pay for these idiots’: Duterte wants Filipinos to ditch Catholic mass, pray home instead [rt.com]duterte-stop-going-church/
Duterte seems to enjoy pissing off the rest of the world with the sole exception of Trump.
His policy seems to be revisionist Machiavellian in the extreme.
To paraphrase
"Remove the people, you remove the problem!"
 LenHazell53
                                                
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                                                Nov 27, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    LenHazell53
                                                
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                                        Duterte has 8 grandchildren. Half of them are Catholic, half are Muslim.
[en.m.wikipedia.org]
 FrayedBear
                                                
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                                                Nov 27, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    FrayedBear
                                                
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                                        Absolutely not....this guy is terrifying ....he has been bumping off his own citizens wholesale since day one in office......! Not surprising that Trump admires him.
 Marionville
                                                
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                                                Nov 27, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    Marionville
                                                
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                                        No. He's like Trump on steroids. I have a friend in the Philippines I'm periodically terrified for.
 ailurophile
                                                
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                                                Nov 27, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    ailurophile
                                                
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                                        Aka gunslinger territory.
Wow, thanks so much for posting this! I had no idea that the president of the Philipines was such an eccentric character. I'll be keeping my eye out for news stories about him now!
 Carin
                                                
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                                                Nov 26, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    Carin
                                                
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                                                Nov 26, 2018                                            
                                        Try reading some of the Philippines newspaper stories written in English. [newsinfo.inquirer.net]
"Eccentric"? He and Trump are great budzos. He's an authoritarian.