OPINION PIECE: My Take On Martial Law @ 50
Never Again? Or Doing it All Over Again? Tying Martial Law to Today's World
The other day marked the 50th Anniversary of the infamous event in the Declaration of Martial Law and this is the time of year again where Filipinos go all in on their social media in regards to the tragedies that this period in history has created.
Yep the internet was ablaze the other day as well as in the streets
While everyone was talking about Martial Law and its significance and the fact that we should NEVER FORGET especially with the fact that our current President is that “dictator’s” son, I sit back and reflect about what is happening around me.
While reflecting, I bumped by a post from Atty. Jemy Gatdula who is the Vice Chairman for Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy at Philippine Judicial Academy, Supreme Court as he stated this….
"The anniversary of Martial Law is tomorrow. And people will again say “Never Again!”, implying also that had they been around in the 197 they would have fought courageously and untiringly against the then Martial Law government. They declare they would have willingly spoke up and stood alone against Martial Law, despite the vast powers of Marcos' government, the military, and even though many Filipinos supported it then.
But that’s a lie. Whether it be Martial Law. Or slavery. Or the Holocaust. We know many of you would have gone along with it, helped Martial Law, supported slavery, been quiet about the Nazi’s extermination of Jews.
How do we know? Because many of you kept quiet when your civil rights were being violated for the past two years. You willingly agreed to the closure of churches and schools. You shouted down anyone with a contrary opinion about the pandemic.
Worse, you actually called for the locking up and the deprivation of the rights, income, and freedoms of those unvaccinated. These were your family members, friends, neighbors, colleagues, classmates, and so on.
Many of you turned your backs on your loved ones and instead went submissively along with what those in power and the mainstream beliefs demanded.
So, "Never again"? Many of you would even have applauded democracy's death as many now have."
Atty. Gatdula’s statement hit the nail in the head in regards to this issue, in simply and worded the that keep wondering in my head. “Sure never again, but did you ever really learned the lesson to begin with?”
To all Filipinos especially the ones vocal in regards to Martial Law, I have some points that I would like to ask and emphasize:
Where were all of you the last 2 years in this whole COVID scam as civil liberties slowly eroded from my by the powers of the state?
Where were all of you when people were fighting against prolonged lockdowns and lockdowns in general that do nothing but caused socio-economic turmoil and the decline of mental and physical health of most Filipinos
Where were all of you when the government imposed ridiculous protocols such as masks and face shields which do not have any substantial evidence that it prevents one against COVID-19?
Where were were all of you when the government called all of us Filipino guinea pigs for this mass COVID genetic juice experiment being implemented upon us? An yes our law even says that these COVID shot are EXPERIMENTAL.
Pinoy Guinea Pigs
Did you give voice and aid to Filipinos who may have suspected adverse effects or did you just shill for the big pharmaceutical products in expense of Filipinos suffering silently?
Big Pharma Money & Injuries
Where were you when the unvaxxed where unfairly discriminated and still are to this day which affected the lives of millions of Filipinos and also the fact that there is no scientific basis to separate both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated ?
Yes, our government in one point PLANNED to go full gestapo and possibly go to people’s houses
Were most of you dictatorial in regards to social distancing and the wearing of face masks, BUT when it come to rooting for your politicians, you IGNORE all those restrictions?
Double Standards
Where were all of you when organizations such as the Concerned Doctors and Citizens of the Philippines (CDCPH) or COVID Call to Humanity (CCH), and other small independent Filipino outlets and Netizens, who reported the truth on the whole COVID mess and promote medical freedom for all? Did you stand beside them in solidarity to defend free speech, expression and the doctors and workers who were censored for going against the grain just to help their patients?
After you reflect on some of the questions and points I raised here, and you do feel guilty for the most part most especially if you are one of the ones that are passionate about Martial Law, that means YOU HAVE NOT TRULY LEARNED from Martial Law and the mistakes of the past.
The past 2 years, we have been explicitly under Medical Martial Law and Apartheid by our authorities. Economy and production down the drain, harmful government/state interventions, people’s mental and physical health worsening, censorship all around these are the elements that existed during Martial Law as the people claimed. And when these issues are presented, people did not deliver , become cowards, and hypocrites, and in fact some had the gall and cheered for all of this to continue as if this will benefit an already degrading Philippine society as it is for “everyone’s safety” ( “everyone’s safety”, sounds like something a tyranny would say and maybe Marcos as he was “defending” Filipinos from communists during Martial Law).
“Never Again?” Really?? Let’s look at ourselves in the mirror and reflect on the clown world we are living in and have created and start waking up on the unfortunate reality we have to deal with due to the denial and the lack of guts to face the elephant in the room which is a COVID-1984 style biomedical tyranny happening in our very eyes.
“Never Again?” WE ARE STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN!