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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Sat Jun 1, 2019, 02:14 PM Jun 2019

Philippines President Duterte has apparently come out as ex-gay; kisses women to prove he's "cured"

Philippines President Duterte has apparently come out as ex-gay during speech; kisses women on stage to prove he’s ‘cured’



The controversial resident of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, accused a rival politician of being gay during a speech in Japan on Thursday, and confessed that he’d also been gay, but he had “cured” himself after he began a relationship with his first wife.

Duterte concluded the speech inviting four women to kiss him.

According to CNN Philippines, the women whom he called on stage to share a kiss had very similar features: long silky hair, slender bodies, and pale skin. And they also had to meet a few requirements: “First, you shouldn’t be married, OK? Second, you’re not a minor,” he said before starting the mini kiss-a-thon.

“Those four. Come here. Let them in, come on, let them in,” said the president.


His spokesperson, Salvador Panelo, filmed the public display of awkwardness on his cell phone, while Senator-elect Bong Go, a staunch supporter of the president, watched the scene with a less-than-amused look.

During the speech, Duterte had poked fun at his political rival Antonio Trillanes IV, a retired Navy officer who currently serves as a senator, who’s a married father of two children.

Looks like he's taking a page from the Donald Trump rules of campaigning for dummies

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-gay-20190601-z6kfukyfj5gc7gplfyxxmao6ga-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fy08nc-scKVKE_2lnELS9eVbfpBGLBFbmQ2SGz69ptFZpnqE_MWndkj4

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Philippines President Duterte has apparently come out as ex-gay; kisses women to prove he's "cured" (Original Post) CatWoman Jun 2019 OP
This is really sad. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #1
Senator Bong Go jberryhill Jun 2019 #2
One of my favorites was Cardinal Sin, the late Archbishop of Manila. Tanuki Jun 2019 #9
Whoa jberryhill Jun 2019 #10
Was this the good lieutenant's vehicle? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #13
Two words: Rock Hudson. n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #3
My grandma and her sister were Hollywood insiders. hunter Jun 2019 #6
I was just pointing out how ridiculous it is to think that kissing a woman on stage Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #11
I just didn't think it was fair to bring Rock Hudson into a thread about the detestable Duterte... hunter Jun 2019 #15
SMH Solly Mack Jun 2019 #4
He gets Vitamin D injections every day! TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #5
Do you think Trump will love hims as much now that he's ex gay? librechik Jun 2019 #7
What a freak. LuvNewcastle Jun 2019 #8
And obviously people see this and go. :Yeah, that's totally normal and I'ma vote for Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2019 #12
So he's another model case of sexual repression. roamer65 Jun 2019 #14
That explains so much. BlueStater Jun 2019 #16
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. Senator Bong Go
Sat Jun 1, 2019, 03:35 PM
Jun 2019

That almost beats Lieutenant Colonel Randy Cabangbang. Pinoy names can be interesting.
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
10. Whoa
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 03:23 PM
Jun 2019

That’ll definitely take care of a Randy Cabangbang.

I used to get into trouble for posting news updates about the conflict with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. For as bad a situation as it was, some of the MILF headlines were irresistible.

https://philippineslifestyle.com/milf-serious-terror-group/

MILF: The deadly serious terror group with the somewhat silly name

hunter

(38,328 posts)
6. My grandma and her sister were Hollywood insiders.
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 01:21 PM
Jun 2019

Later, so was my grandfather.

They knew who was gay.

It's horrible from a modern perspective, but Hollywood protected (and abused as well...) its gay "assets."

A similar thing happened in World War II. The story of Alan Turing is not unique. During World War II my grandfather was a handsome Army Air Corp officer who sometimes carried the "get out of jail free" cards for brilliant people deemed essential to the war effort, often people who had been picked up by the police for homosexual behavior. (When the war ended and the Air Force became an independent branch of the military it purged itself of anyone it considered "deviant" in the slightest manner, creating the toxic Air Force culture that exists to this day.)

Rather than Rock Hudson, Duterte is more comparable to the deeply closeted politicians, preachers, and law enforcement officers who achieve positions of power and inflict their own inner bitterness, frustrations, conflicts, and hypocrisy on the rest of the world.

Rock Hudson kissed a few women to demonstrate his manliness, but he wasn't going around shooting drug dealers, torturing his enemies, and generally behaving like a gangster to prove to himself and the world he was "cured."

Ms. Toad

(34,102 posts)
11. I was just pointing out how ridiculous it is to think that kissing a woman on stage
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 11:53 PM
Jun 2019

proves you are not gay. (That was the point of the thread - not all the other flaws he has.)

hunter

(38,328 posts)
15. I just didn't think it was fair to bring Rock Hudson into a thread about the detestable Duterte...
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 12:32 PM
Jun 2019


librechik

(30,676 posts)
7. Do you think Trump will love hims as much now that he's ex gay?
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 01:26 PM
Jun 2019

Maybe not in the same way exactly. I could be wrong.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,505 posts)
12. And obviously people see this and go. :Yeah, that's totally normal and I'ma vote for
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 12:04 AM
Jun 2019

that.". I swear we're living in some kind of global zombie pandemic.

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