Philippine president-elect says 'corrupt' journalists will be killed

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

The Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, as he amped up his controversial anti-crime crusade with offers of rewards for killing drug traffickers.

Duterte won this month’s elections by a landslide largely due to an explosive law-and-order platform in which he pledged to end crime within six months by killing tens of thousands of suspected criminals.

The foul-mouthed politician has launched a series of post-election tirades against criminals and repeated his vows to kill them – particularly drug traffickers, rapists and murderers. In a press conference called on Tuesday to announce the new cabinet, in his southern hometown of Davao, Duterte said journalists who took bribes or engaged in other corrupt activities also deserved to die.

“Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch,” Duterte said when asked how he would address the problem of media killings in the Philippines, after a reporter was shot dead in Manila last week.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/31/philippine-president-elect-says-corrupt-journalists-will-be-killed

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Why do I think he and Trump would get along nicely?

[Bad Dog]

1. The problem is, if Trump gets in.

And Duerte's behaviour hasn't modified in any way, it will start to normalise how elected leaders behave. They're starting to sound like 18th Century autocrats.

[Matthew28]

2. The tea party did want us to go back to the 18th century

Sad day for freedom

[First Speaker]

4. More like the 17th century...

...the 18th century, after all, gave us Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine...any or all of whom would be a Godsend to us today...

[Kelvin Mace]

3. The Phillipines will decend into anarchy

Thy won't stop at journalists and criminals. Opposition politicians will also be fair game. And academics, protestors, etc.