It"s good you saw through it & it's 100% on topic for you to talk about your opinions of Duterte in here since he's the driving force behind it all & most of us don't know much about him.


But yeah, it's some scary shit. Police already kill innocent people in every country - even in places with govts that denounce extra-judicial killing. So when you get a govt that openly condones it, police stop showing any restraint at all. It gives them a license to kill with impunity. Anyone can be a target, including people who voted for the regime.


Also, I just checked & the people I know are still sharing stuff from Sass Rogando Sasot which seems pretty pro-Duterte as far as I can tell. To be fair, they were sharing stuff on the Moro massacre, not Duterte, but I'm still surprised they interact with those fb pgs at all considering that with the latest news they could be targeted themselves when they go home to visit family. They haven't been shy with their political leanings in Australia & I doubt this latest threat will be limited to active members of communist groups, it'll eventually spread to anyone with socialist or left leaning views. Even here we have conservative politicians conflating the centre left with socialists & communists.


Actually, now that my coffee's kicked in I think I'll give them a pass on this. Maybe they're just trying to make sure the views they've expressed in Australia don't get elderly relatives targeted back home

It's the only thing that really makes sense