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Saturday, May 7, 2022

Repost: Son of Loren Legarda Laments Mother's Choice of Political Party

Image courtesy of www.rappler.com


 An open letter of grief from Loren Legarda’s son

By: Lorenzo Legarda Leviste

'My mother is an example of how fascism takes hold, is made acceptable, normalized, facilitated, ushered in'

I’m writing this weeks after learning the news that my mother, a woman named Loren Legarda, is running for senator on a slate led by a Marcos and a Duterte. She is endorsing fascists. For weeks I have been crying every day, screaming every day until I spat out blood. The decision she’s made is so profoundly unthinkable, unconscionable, unforgivable. In the last month, my entire life has collapsed. It is beyond a nightmare. I still cannot believe it and will never be able to accept it.

For weeks I have been paralyzed in pain. But I have no choice but to publicly declare that I am absolutely disgusted by my mother and what she has decided to do. It sickens me and makes me want to die. I need everyone to know that Loren Legarda lost her son forever because of this. Paint her bright red with that shame. Don’t let her forget it. In the words of a wise woman: I don’t know her.

It took Ariana Grande posting a video of a Leni rally with the crowd singing “Break Free” for me to remember that an election was happening. I have not lived in the Philippines since I was 18; I haven’t been in half a decade, haven’t seen my mother in as long, and did not know who was running. I have witnessed the last six years unfold in absolute horror. This detachment is an immense privilege, and conditioned by the immense trauma of having grown up in a country that I always recognized was sick, infected with the historical amnesia and denial that have led to this moment.

I refuse the normalization of fascistic state thuggery, of lies as alternate truth, of the country’s sorry history being rewritten as fable. My mother is an example of how fascism takes hold, is made acceptable, normalized, facilitated, ushered in. I need you to know that she has no clue about the utter gravity and depravity of what she is doing. “So I am on their ticket. Does that make me a fascist?” she asked, both cluelessly and cynically. I was aghast. This is a woman who lived through Martial Law; she was once a journalist who taught me to value truth and justice. This is how vile, braindead, and reckless these people are. They literally have no idea what they are doing, the decades of violence and anguish they are unleashing. For her it is just any other election year, ripe for the usual craven, convenient opportunism. There is no understanding that another Marcos presidency would mean the end of everything for the Philippines. The end of history, ang hangganan ng kasaysayan.

NOTE IN RED. A statement written by artist and activist David Medalla, circa 1970s. Photo by the author

I was born in 1990, in the shadow of decades of Marcos terror, oppression, and corruption. I truly cannot believe the success with which these crimes have been whitewashed. I feel like the rug has been pulled out from under me.

The litany of Marcos crimes is not something to be debated. Their atrocities are fact. To even have to state that is patently absurd. To push back against these truths is to declare yourself an enemy of justice; of the thousands whose lives and families have been destroyed by the Marcoses and the Dutertes; of the millions today fighting on the front lines to stop them. My mother, Loren Legarda, spits in the faces of all these people.

The young Indian poet-activist Aamir Aziz, himself engulfed by fascist terror, wrote that, “Everything will be remembered.” I choose to remember merely not the crimes of those in power, but also those among us that handed them power. Recognize all those in your life who are voting for this, and remember their names. Remember that they have declared their subscription to lies and a version of history rooted in brazen, wicked mendacity. They know exactly what they are voting for – mass murder, mass theft, the end of democracy, the denial of truth, the rewriting of history – and they want it desperately. When blood runs in the streets, never let them forget that they have blood on their hands, glowing fervid and bright red. Remind them every day. These are their crimes now. Make them answer for these crimes, make them own them. Make them defend them.

I am in utter grief. F*** my mother for abetting this. Their crimes are her crimes now. Make her defend them. – Rappler.com

Lorenzo Legarda Leviste is the son of Loren Legarda.

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  1. ungrateful son. Ano man political side or issues, mas mahalaga na mahalin at respetuhin mo mama mo. I lost my mom when I was 25 yrs old. Araw araw iniimagine ko what if andito pa sya. Sobrang naiinggit ako sa mga taong buhay pa ang magulang.

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    1. We don't know their story. 10 yrs na silang di nagkikita at di nagkakasama.

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    2. telling the truth doesn't make one ungrateful. nasanay kasi tayo sa culture natin na kahit ayaw natin, kahit masama sa paningin natin basta ginawa ng mas nakakatanda satin eh nagiging acceptable for us. ndi dapat ganon. i'm a mother too and in our home, I practice freedom of expression kahit na maliliit pa ang mga anak ko. kasi we are not perfect, we should learn how to listen. it seems dito kila loren at sa anak nia, naging matagal ang paguusap nila siempre may convincing na nangyari dyan kaya ganyan sya nasaktan. imagine your same mother telling you to value truth and justice tapos nakaline up sa ticket nun party that is trying to rewrite history? so let's not judge him. this is not easy for him, to felt na his mother choose politics over him.

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    3. This.. ako dn nwalan na ng ina and never in my whole life mainagine ko sarili ko gawin ko sa nanay ko yan kahit si quiboloy pa piliin niya maging presidente

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    4. YOUR MOM IS THINKING OF HER FUTURE.....INDEPENDENT OF YOU!

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    5. He can tell the truth, he can practice freedom of expression without maligning his own mother

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    6. i think mas may malalim pa na problema ang mag ina. yung political stance lang ni Loren ang ginawang reason ng anak para isulat ito. matagal ng may gawain yan si Loren, bakit ngayon lang siya nagsalita?! but this is sad and alarming also. while the son is making a stand for the truth, lalo lang masisira ang relasyon nilang mag ina. masakit ito para sa nanay sa totoo lang

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    7. 3:50 mother ka pala. Sana hindi yan gawin sau ng anak mo. Yung isapubliko pa talaga ha against sa sarili mong nanay. Di mo alam mga pagsisihan mo sa huli pag tapos na ang halalan at naluklok na yung gusto mo. Ang pangulo napapalitan yan pero ang nanay mo isa lang yan.

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    8. Tapos tuwang tuwa mga Pinklawan lol

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    9. Magkaiba kayo ng family dynamics. Hindi naman politiko nanay mo na pumapanig sa mga taong makakaapekto ng buhay ng lahat. Di na po 1940s, ang respect ay ine earn hindi ini impose.

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    10. Yes, this is sad. Kahit magkaiba kami ng political side ng Mommy ko at minsan nagkakatalo pa, I could never imagine na i would disown het because of her political beliefs. Ive seen post na blaming kakampinks. But this is more of Loren's relationship with her child. Plus, Ive seen some post of Kakampink children who were able to convert their parents in the most respectful way.

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    11. Mas kasalanan ang maniwala sa kasinungalingan! Walang mali sa ginawa niya

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    12. Actually. Loren should be proud. She raised a great son.

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    13. Sorry but he is like his father. Something is wrong with him.
      He could have discussed this with his mother and not publicly. Worse, it is in Rappler. People in Rappler should not have published this as it is family matter. Unless their intention is to ruin Loren Legarda.

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    14. @ 3:50 Sabi mo nga maliliit pa anak mo. Well, wait until they grow up at magkaroon ng mga sari-sariling utak. For sure maiiba ang punto de vista mo. Dahil sa political views itatakwil ang sarili ina, what kind of world are we living in?

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    15. Eto na naman tayo. People who say “kung ako to” “kung ako yan” “sakin nga” should learn to keep their advice to themselves. At the end of the day, it was their problem alone and not yours. Your comment is appreciated but to say na dapat ganito, dapat ganyan is unnecessary. You don’t know the story. You don’t know why this person hate his mom.

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    16. Agree with you 12:30

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    17. Ungrateful? Obligasyon ng magulang na pakainin, palakihin, alagaan, kalingain ang anak nila because if you cannot, wag ka mag-anak. Di niya hiniling na ipanganak sya. At Anon 1230 kung binasa mo, kinausap nya nanay nya.

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    18. Bakit umabot sa ganyan? Sumulat ba niya yan para i-appease yung mga sobrang leftist woke friends and or idols niya? Paano nagawa ng anak yan? Parang binugbog niya ang Nanay niya sa kalye at binigyan niya ng sandata ang mga iba pang tao para gawin rin yon sa Nanay niya. Yung iba nagdiriwang dahil kumontra yung anak sa ina. Pamilya sila sana inayos nila ng hindi kasali ang publiko. Balang araw magbabalik loob rin ang anak sa kanyang ina, pero yang sinulat niya habambuhay na nakadikit sa kanya—kay Lorenzo.
      A Mother does all she can to the best of her abilities, kahit ano gagawin at ibibigay ng isang Ina ang lahat para sa kanyang anak. Kahit pa anak siya hindi niya alam ang maglakad suot ang sapatos ng kanyang Ina, noon man o ngayon.

      Happy Mother’s Day sa lahat ng mga Ina at mga tumayong Ina sa kanilang mga anak.

      Mahigpit na yakap para kay Sen. Loren Legarda.

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    19. I have a good mother - the best - kaya hindi ko talaga maimagine na gagawin ko yan. I can only imagine how horrible loren has to be para magawa ng anak niya yan.

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    20. 3:50 it’s okay to have arguments and misunderstaning. You can scream at the top of your lungs to your mom but keep it within the family. Don’t make it public for everyone especially sa mga marites na katulad mo. At the end of the day eh pamilya pa rin kayo. Nanay mo pa rin siya. Have a little restraint naman. Di porke’t me freedom of expression kayo eh okay na lahat. Let’s wait until your children grow up and they say something like this on social media para maramdaman mo first hand.

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    21. Korek! It's not your shoe to wear so dahan dahan sa paghusga, agree ka man or not.

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    22. He hasn't lived in the Philippines since he was 18. Did his father get custody of him? Is his father Antonio Leviste the former givernor of Batangas who was imprisoned because if murder and was granted parole in 2013? So many questions. Just trying to understand how a son can turn on his mother just like that.

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    23. 1:39 kasalanan pa din ng binastos? Ang tindi nyo talaga hahaha

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    24. This is very sad. When he gets older maybe he will make peace with his mother and mend whatever differences they have within their family, but this letter is now being used and will be used as some sort of propaganda to advance certain political beliefs. I hope he realizes that he has offered himself to be used by extremist left politicians for whatever propaganda they have. Yes, he gets accolades from those appeased by his letter; but at end of the day, when he is alone with his thoughts, he would have to live with the fact that he broke his mother’s heart. I hope he is happy with himself.

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    25. I understand him. Heroes can turn into monsters. Mothers, however loving they are at first, can turn into monsters too. We don't turn a blind eye to that, especially if we are taught to fight back. Especially if the one who taught us how to fight back is the same one we have to defeat. Loren raised a good son. Now that son is trying to fight back and hopefully reclaim the mother he once respected

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  2. Nakakalungkot that it has come to this - publicly disowning your own mother. As a daughter, I could never do this to my mom despite our differences. And as a mom, I would never want to hear these words come from my kids.

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    1. mas nakakahiya for Loren Legarda. Imagine his son has no business in politics pero mas pinili nia saktan at i-oppose ang paniniwala nia para lang sa ticket na sinalihan nia. ano ba naman un tumakbo nalang sia as independent diba kun magiging cause lang yan ng away nilang mag-ina tutal naman famous naman ang name nia. plus, ndi lang yan sila magina nagusap ng 1 or 2 beses kaya nasasaktan un anak nia ng ganyan. pero dahil matunog si BBM, ayun naging oportunista sia.

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    2. 3:57 we may not agree always with our parents but still we can discuss somethings with them properly. That son is very ungrateful and disrespectful. Mayabang. He will surely regret this action of his very deeply.

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    3. anon 3:57 kasi cguro di nman sinasangguni ni Loren ang mga anak sa kanyang political career? lalo na kng anak na ilang taon mo nang di nakikita.

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  3. Blood will always be thicker than water.

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    1. But money is the thickest lol

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    2. Heard from the grapevine na matagal na sira relationship nila for non-political issues, with Loren sending her son away so he won't damage her reputation. Napuno na si son

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  4. Serves her right, considering what she stood up for in the past

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    1. Kahit na.. sabihan ba naman Nanay niya the F word serves her right??? Wow ha. Ikaw Sabihan ka ng anak mo ng ganyan. Sa totoo Lang ang nasaktan Dito Hinde yung bata Kung Hinde ang Nanay

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    2. grabe ka nman.. sino ka para sabihin yan?? mga salbahe lang kaya gumawa nyan sa magulang.

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    3. Are you ok? Natutuwa ka pa makitang nagkakalamat ang pamilya because of political differences.. kaloka!

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    4. People always make war when they say they love peace.” - Dalai Lama

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    5. mga katulad mong tao ang dahilan kaya magulo ang mundo.

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    6. How dare you? Demonic heart 🖤

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    7. Wag sana yan gawin ng anak mo sayo sa kahit na ano pang dahilan

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    8. Siguro hindi ka ina kaya nasasabi mo yan.

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    9. 4:35 wow kaloka yung ganyan mindset. Pagiging ina lang ba kukumpleto sa isang babae? Kaloka

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    10. Anong connect nyan, 11:19, sa sinabi ni 4:35? Sa maling post ka nag-comment ng woke comment mo.

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  5. Totoo ba toh? Wag naman murahin ang nanay mo.tsk.tsk.

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    1. sabi nga nila "may you be blessed with children and grandchildren just like your favorite presidential candidate"

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  6. I hope it's worth it, Loren!!! Pero sabagay mukhang kinain ka na nga ng sistema

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    1. One day pag nawala na mom niya, he’ll look back and sana masabi niya sa sarili niya na worth it ang ginawa niya na ito. Kahit sino pang umupong presidente, we’re doomed anyway because we have been so divided for so long. Magbabangayan at magbabangayan yang mga pulitikong yan. Pinagpalit mo ang nanay mo sa patriotism mo? I sure do hope it’s worth it.

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    2. 4:34 I agree with you

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    3. 4:34 what if baliktad naman ang tanong. Pinagpalit mo ang anak mo sa pulitika, sa pera, sa ambisyon? I sure do hope it’s also worth it for loren

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    4. 12:16 clap. Clap. Clap. I really hope n worthy for loren ito.

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    5. Hindi pinili ni loren ang politics over her children. Matagal nang galit si lorenzo k loren. Ginagamit nya lang ang galit ng kakampinks para makalash out sya k loren na may nagchicheer sa kanya.

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  7. Ungrateful & self righteous son

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    1. baka naman sya yung anak na nakulangan ng aruga. 10 yrs na silang di nagkikita at di nagkakasama. panganay na di paborito.

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    2. 2:58 nakuha nya ang kanya righteousness from his Mom. Shes the one who teach him what is right and wrong. But now, shes the one who's siding to wrong side for money and power. Ungrateful but it is obvious why he disowned his mom

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    3. no! he is a spoiled brat like his father. kita mo kahit nkakulong sa bilibid nkakalabas parin.

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    4. im with the son. kung nakiusap ang anak pero ang ina ay nagdecide pa ring kumampi sa kabila. obviously nagkausap silat may nakiusap. nasasaktan yan ng ganyan yan dahil mukhang hindi pinakinggan and it seems he idolized his mother a lot so nagcrumble lahat when she still went on with her plan.

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    5. 1:35 dami mong inimbento they have long been estranged. Walang pakikiusap na nangyari. Ginagamit lang kayo ni lorenzo para gantihan ang nanay nya. Nagtataka ako matatalino naman kayo sabi nyo pero nauto kayo.

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  8. Oportunista si Loren Legarda. Nalunod sa power ang wealth kaya kahit anong bangka sasakyan. Kakahiya ka. No wonder pati anak mo ikinahihiya ka.

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  9. Hipokrita. Wala naman masyadong nagawa sa probinsya namin Sus. Kahit taga sa amin yan hinding hindi ko pa rin bobotohin. Inuubos nya mga kagubatan namin sa kakamina!

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    1. May kilala ako na nag work under her. Sabi not surprised it has come to this. Nakakalungkot kasi dati bilib ako kay Loren pero kinain na din ng sistema.

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    2. Akala ko ba environmentalist si Loren, anyare?

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    3. True. Malamang masamang ina yan kung umabot sa ganyan ang anak.

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  10. Nakakalungkot eto pero sobra OA nung paralyzed in pain, screaming everyday til i spat blood kemeru.. 1990 kalang pinanganak ni hnd mo dinanas yung napahirapan ng martial law lalo na both parents mo politiko na mula noon.. hnd ko ininvalidate yung nraramdaman mo pero sobra lang.. at sana kaht manalo or matalo nanay mo di mo pagsisihan yang gnwa mo

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    1. Di mo iniinvalidate pero sinabi mong OA? Kesyo di naranasannyung martial law wala na say? Luh baks ano na

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    2. Chosera di mo naman naintindihan yung sulat nya dahil english eh

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    3. Nukaba teh, basahin mo maigi yung letter nya, ang sabi nya dun bata pa lang sya sinabi na ni loren ang hirap ng martial law, tapos ngayon yung taong nagmulat sa kanya about sa martial law e andun sa partido ng anak ng diktador. Ano kaya yun? Parang nascam yung anak nya.

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    4. Yung nagsasabi na walang right i-condemn ang martial law dahil hindi naman namin inabutan, si Hitler di din inabot ng marami sa atin pero kino-condemn natin di ba? That's what history is for. Ang mali ay mali. Itama natin for our present and future.

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  11. Estranged ba siya sa mum niya? Is he living in the states with his father?

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    1. Dad nya nasa bilibid for murder.

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    2. looks like they're estranged. 10 yrs na silang di nagkikita.

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    3. 3.05 Nakalaya na siya 2013 pa

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    4. 3:23 pardoned na father nya. May nabasa akknsa reddit about the real reason kung bakit may hugot anak nya. Pinalayo nya anak nya kasi she thought makakaapekto sa kandidatura nya yung reason. That's why naisip nya siguro yan.

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    5. 12.36 in what way that nakaka.apekto? Grabe tlga nagagawa ng political ambitions

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    6. Ganern naging convict pala ang father

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    7. 12:36 read that, too. With loren's character, i believe it

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  12. This is truly sad. Ang taong nagturo sayo ng good values ay sya pa mismong mahuhulog sa masama. Mothers month pa man din. 🙃🙃

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    1. Tinuruan sya pero obvviously di sya natuto

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    2. How would you know what she taught him? Besides, parents model behaviour. She's siding with politicians whose dogma and governance she once so strongly spoke up against as a journalist during thst era. She's done this because of...the goodness of her heart? Her desire to serve? No. Because of power, greed, yadda yadda.

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    3. Her political affiliations does not reflect her
      Social beliefs. Because she is in the same ticket as Marcos does not mean she'll do the same unforgivable things that his family did.

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  13. It is not easy to do this to your own mother. A rare case where the love of country trumped family.

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    1. Ni di nga nakatira yan dito

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    2. I dont see any love for country here. The son didn’t even live here for half of his life. And to say, his mom’s political choice is the hardest to accept? what about when his father murdered his friend? d masyadong ramdam? Nabuhay pagka nasyonalista thru ArianA Grande’s song? Hahahahahahahaha

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    3. Sinong maniniwala na mahal nya ang Pilipinas kung sarili nyang nanay di nya kayang irespeto man lang.

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    4. 4:08 ofw ako wala din ako sa pinas that doesnt mean i am no longer capable of loving my country or that my views do not matter anymore.

      And yeah i do believe he has done it because he loves his country. I dont necessarily agree how he has done it - one of the ten commandments is to honour your parents.

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    5. Love of country? Funny! This has nothing to do with patriotism. Disowning her mother for different political views but never heard him disown his father for killing his long time friend.

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    6. Agree and very well said 4:29

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    7. Hypocrite kung magsalita akala mo naranasan nya hirap sa pinas. Yang mga politicians and family nila lang ang gumaganda ang buhay dito. Di sila affected sa mga price hike etc at kahit di sila mahalal never sila maghihirap.

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  14. Emotional damage to. I hope magkaayos sila After May 9.

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  15. Wow. May paninindigan ang anak

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    1. Pwede syang manindigan ng hindi nya binabastos sarili nyang ina. Hindi ganyang uri ng kabataan ang dapat hangaan.

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    2. Paninindigang mambastos sa taong nagluwal sa kanya. Kung ganyang klase ng kabataan meron ngayon, ano pang pag-asa ang hinihintay natin. Mga suwail!

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    3. 4.44 something's fishy if you ask me. Why just now eh last quarter pa lang ng 2021 maingay na sila sa pag.declare nila na tatakbo?

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    4. Nasaan na pala yon mga mahihilig gumamit ng phrase na "walang delicadeza" apply ba yon dito.

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  16. Hindi kasalan ni BBM ang kasalan ng ama nya and mga pulis noon. Masama magtanim ng galit sa taong wala naman kasalanan sayo. At mas masama mag tanim ng galit ang anak sa mga magulang. Hindi ka magiging masaya sa buhay. Huwag puro galit ang nasa puso.

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    1. hindi kasalaan ni BBM, oo. pero nakinabang din siya sa lahat ng ginawa ng tatay niya noh!

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    2. Hindi kasalanan and yet his dad's achievements can be credited to him? What has BBM achieved on his own? How have they all lived? Have any of them ever been employed ? Or have they been living in luxury enjoying ill gotten wealth inherited..and gained after leveraging their name to become elected officials themselves?

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    3. Mas kasalanan ang maniwala sa kasinungalingan. Pls revisit your history!

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    4. 4:52 funny how the kakampinks cheer and celebrate Jake Ejercito. Lol

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    5. Sabihin na nating hindi niya kasalanan (kahit nakinabang siya at nag de-deny). So bakit iboboto pa rin or sasama ka sa team niya? Hindi ko maintindihan yung logic na wala daw kasalanan si BBM sa mga ginawa ng tatay niya, therefore iboboto siya? What? Wala rin siyang accomplishments.

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    6. 1:13 same thoughts. and I cannot understand na walanh man lang discernment ang mga tao.

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  17. That is democracy Lorenzo.
    Your choice, your vote.

    No need to lament.

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    1. He's only speaking of the truth.

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  18. This is one of the worst things that happened this election. We can try to understand the perspective of his son. But a lot of questions are left hanging right now. Did he even try to talk to Loren to convince her to leave the party? Because if he didn't, he doesn't have the right to write this letter. If he didn't exert effort to make Loren step out of BBM's shadow, then this is purely a retaliation or an unnecessary attack to his own mother. I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. This is rooting from something much deeper than what he stated on his open letter. But whatever it is, I still believe that as children, we do not have the right to humiliate our parents like that. If they have a different perspective, we can try to talk them out of it but if we have not, then the best thing to do is SHUT UP.

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  19. Shameless mom, kung kelan tumanda.. but as a family, i would not rather vent in public.

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    1. Ungrateful son

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    2. Shameless son. Dbale may inggrato man syang anak, meron ding isa na mahal na mahal sya at achiever. Major proponent ng solar energy. Katawa pa ngayon na pnagkukumpara sila ng kapatid nya biglang victim na naman ang anak na binastos ang nanay.

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    3. Kahit ano pa man ang nanay, kalapastanganan sumbatan ang isang ina. Walang pera, oras, o pag-ibig ang makakahigit sa pagdala ng isang ina ng 9 na buwan sa sinapupunan at iluwal sa mundo. Masama man ang ina, wala ng sasama pa sa anak na nagtatakwil sa magulang. Walang kapatawaran un.

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  20. he must have been really really angry about what happened to curse her mom and to tha point na tinakwil na nya nanay nya

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  21. Bastos mo naman sa mother mo, pwede nman yata kayo mag usap.

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  22. maybe he has TB that's why he spat out blood...I am saddened that he wrote "f**k my mother"..no GMRC?. i don't think it is just because of this election...I wonder if he also disowned his dad who killed his aide

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  23. Alam kong marami nang kumuda na family above all else and walang utang na loob but this is toxic Filipino culture. The way Lorenzo called out his mom is not ideal and should probably be done in private but I guess napuno na din sya.
    And I say this as both a daughter and a mother. A daughter whose dad taught her the values of justice, integrity, standing up for what is right and fighting for the oppressed. Whose dad was in EDSA 1 and was an activist then and is running for a national post now. I don't hesitate to call him out in his mistakes or when he's going to the dark side (not publicly though and totoo naman madumi politics) and may time na di kami nag uusap kasi nasabihan ko sya but eventually umaayos din kasi nanalig ang katotohanan at kabutihan. Ganyan din sya sakin kung may mali ako...Pinagsasabihan kung may kailangan i call out. I speak also as a mother of a infant who I will teach the same. Ok lang sakin na pagsabihan ako ng anak ko kung may mali naman talaga.
    Although important family, kung evil naman pinapanigan, that's where I will draw the line.

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    1. Wow! I can tell that your Dad raised a daughter who has a good head above her shoulders. Kudos to your parents. May your infant kid be as understanding, upright and well informed as you are. Goodluck in all of your future endeavors.

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    2. Walang karapatan mapuno ang anak sa magulang. Never. Ang tawag sa ganon, talipandas!

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  24. This is so sad. Grabe lang. And please no matter what your political belief is, never say kids should normalize disowning their parents. Sickening!

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  25. I was such a fan of Loren Legarda before lalo na yun Pep talk days nya. Habang tumatagal naaayawan ko na sya. Oportunista and self serving lang pala ang Lola mo.

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    1. True..
      Sinusuka yan sa Antique.

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  26. The thing is, Loren raised her son the way he is.. He is principled that way because of his mother, and to see her mother choose a different path than what he is taught, na-rattle ang kanyang core hence this happened.. I am not praising him for doing such but can’t blame him either..

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    1. Hindi lang naman kasi yan about leni. About din yan sa tatay nyang kriminal na hiniwalayan ni loren. That son is mana sa ama, problematic. The younger one took after loren.

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    2. And Loren is a saint? Come on. Take off those blinders. If these career politicians were so clean, then why is the Ph still so poor and underdeveloped?

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    3. Loren was 20 years younger than the ex hubby .. nakinabang siya sa power at fame ng ex hubby.. she is not a Saint....

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  27. This is sad malapit na ang Mother’s Day :( Sana wag naman public.

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  28. Wow naman sa nagdidefend sa anak.🙄 Siya na rin nagsabi he was born 1990. Wala na mga Marcos. Siguro naman nagkaroon siya ng maturity sa pag-iisip nung early 2000s pero kung makapagsalita siya parang siya mismo nakaranas ng less than 9 years na ML under Marcos. And the fact na 18 years na siyang di naninirahan dito sa Pinas. Porke ba di kayo magkakulay sa pulitika may heavy drama ka nangbganyan? At kaya mo pang murahin in punlic ang nanay mo na nagbigay buhay sayo? Di ba nakulong tatay mo dahil sa pagpatay at nanay mo tumayong both.parents sayo. Lumaki ka lang feeling mo high and mighty ka na. Sino ba ngayon ouppet ng U.S?🙄

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    1. It.s about principle and values po and not kulay sa pulitika

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    2. Perhaps he heard of their atrocities from his own parents, family friends, etc. Did you not learn this is history class??

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    3. Ok.. hindi na niya naabutan ang Martial Law. Pero nagbabayad siya ng tax. At ang taxes natin ginagamit pambayad ng utang ni Marcos na malaki binulsa nila. So kahit sa present day affected pa rin tayo sa kasamaan ng pamilyang yan. Plus yung 203B pa na unpaid taxes.

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  29. Grabe talaga ang politics sa philippines, nagkakasiraan ng pamilya

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  30. Its a cry for help obviously may issues na before feeling ko icing lang yung pagsama sa uniteam

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  31. Walang respeto sa magulang,parang hindi ito anak niya,first paragraph pa lang parang lawyer nagconstruct nito.fake

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  32. Mukhang estranged na relationship nilang mag ina siguro bago pa to. As much as i admire what he did standing up for what is good for the country, pero to publicly disown your mother is another thing. So malamang may mas malalim na dahilan and this is his way of getting “revenge.”

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  33. Super exaggerated sa totoo lang. Paano pa mga taong totoong mas affected na nasa Pilipinas. Super dramatic... may mga taong mas madami pang pinoproblema kaysa sa problema mo sa nanay mo. Politika lang yan kuya. Leni/ BBM supporters are fighting over nothing. Kahit sino pa manalo, nothing will change... for sure! Leni may have good intentions, pero she's inexperienced, naive and sino ba ang nasa paligid nya? Nevermind na kay BBM. Parang di uunlad ang Pilipinas kung sila sila din palagi ang magpapatakbo nito.

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    1. Inexperienced? Obvious naman na you're not doing your research. Naive? I'm sensing misogyny from you. She always gets the job done sa office niya. Mataas ang ratings sa COA. Maraming nagawa. Pero nakikita mo lang eh babaeng ina na usually ang tingin ng mga tao eh fragile and naive. Dapat bumase sa facts kung gusto mo makilala talaga ang mga kandidato.

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  34. i'm a mother too and i would choose my family over anything else, always. periodt.

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    1. So si loren ang mag aadjust sa anak nyang bastos?

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  35. Yeah cool kid. Kasuka.

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  36. " It took Ariana Grande posting a video of a Leni rally with the crowd singing “Break Free” for me to remember that an election was happening. " Kung hindi pa nagpost ng video si Ariana Grande hindi nya maaalala na may election ngayong taon? Tapos sa same paragraph pa mismo sinabi nya "I have witnessed the last six years unfold in absolute horror." buti pa yung whole 6 years ng administrasyon ni Duterte informed
    sya pero yung election hindi?

    Yung father nya pala ni-disown nya na rin ba?

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    1. Hindi nya ididis own ang father nya because it is his father's wealth that enable him to live comfortably in another country.

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    2. Hinde. Yun tatay nyang kriminal carry lang lol.

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    3. Its funny when he said "I have WITNESSED the last six years unfold in absolute horror". Hello? He left when he was 18 and never came back, so paano? Ginawa pang political ang pagdisown eh obviously namang personal ang galit niya at hindi sa political views ng mother niya.

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  37. Matagal na rin naman sa partylist nina BBM si Tita Loren diba? Diba may intro pa si Toni Gonzaga? Bakit ngayon lang nagreact si son?

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  38. Bibilib sana ako dito kung meron din sya open letter na nag disown din nya un tatay nya convicted na mamamatay tao. Ay, wala nga pala ganun kase ung billions ng tatay nya ung ginastos para lang lumaki sya wala galang sa ina.

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  39. So heartless of people cheering for the son "buti nga sa yo Loren!, serves her right!,"
    Tuwang tuwa pa kayo na magkaaway ang pamilya. Im not a voter, di ako nkregister, pero hindo ako natutuwa kay Lorenzo, kung may galit siya sana hindi niya ito pinapublic. Bastos kasi! To think kng may kasalaman man ang nanay niya sa kanya or sa kahit kanino, nanay mo pa rin yan. I dont think Loren can destroy her son in public. Its so brutal and evil. San naba ang moral values ng mga pilipino? Dios ko, politics lang yan ang pamilya as pamilya at mas matimbang pa kaysa politika.

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  40. I agree with what every word his son said.
    Condoning and being part of a group that rewrites history is very shameful to the victims of martial law and corruptions.
    The son knows what right from wrong unlike his mother who has been cobbled up by greed and power

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    1. Wow! Pati yung F word sa nanay nya? Iba ka din! Siguro bigla ka na lang tumubo somewhere at wala kang magulang

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    2. And yet he can't disown his own convicted father.

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  41. Mas curious ako dito da sinabi nia "I have not lived in the Philippines since I was 18; I haven’t been in half a decade, haven’t seen my mother in as long, and did not know who was running."

    It seems to show that they didnt even have a relationship nung naging adult na sha. I wonder why hindi nia binibisita or hindi ma langs sila nagkikita either here or abroad. Mukhang matagal na sila mag rift

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    1. Sobrang juicy ng reason mumsh! I wouldn't disown my mother in public, but na-shock ako na Loren could do that to her own son alang-alang sa politics. Gets ko ang hugot

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  42. Medyo ang oa lang na i cried til’ i spat blood. Eh 6 yrs ka nga wala sa Pilipinas tas nalaman mo lang sa video ni Ariana mga kumakandidato. Iisa lang ang nanay mo so respetuhin mo pa rin kahit magkaiba kayo opinyon. Pinalaki at inalagaan ka niyan tas mumurahin mo lang and itatrato parang trash? Oo galit ka pero sana di mo na lang pinublicize. Disappointing reaction na ipahiya mo sarili mong nanay.

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  43. Nakakalungkot na ang daming naggood job pa sa ginawa nito.. ng dahil lang parepareho kayo ng gustong iboto tuwang tuwa kayo.. sa panahong kailangan ng tulong ng taong yan sana anjan kayo lahat para sknya

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  44. it's really interesting- and sad- how many filipinos are forgetting the past and the marcos crimes. pero fault ng bansa. teaching martial law and pointedly saying "huy! mga marcos are kurakot at mandudugas na buhaya" well, talagang walang knowledge ang most of the country. the phils is made up of a lot of people born after 86.

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  45. Ano ba yan walang unity sa pamilya nila

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  46. We can always disagree with our parents in a dignified manner.

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    1. ikr.. tatahimik at magpapaka layo na lang ako
      kung hindi ko gusto gawain ng magulang ko. sa panahon ngayon puwede ka ng magpalit ng name. wala naman paki
      ang mga banyaga sa background mo hayy

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  47. There are issues that shouldn't be made public. However, eto siguro yung pinaka example ng 'Practice what you preach'. It's just so sad that it has come to this.

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  48. Overly dramatic. Sana vinedio mo din pagsuka mo ng dugo.

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  49. Someday magiging magulang ka rin, sana hindi mo maranasan ang ginawa mo sa nanay mo.b

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  50. Sumuka ka ng dugo Lorenzo? Well, nakakasuka din ang pagiging bastos mong anak. At mas nakakasuka ang mga nasa comment section na nag agree s akabastusan nya .

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  51. My parents will both vote for Bbm and I for Leni. Politicians come and go, but I only have one set of parents. Sad naman it has come to this

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    1. 10:11 konting push pa baks do your assignment

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    2. Your case is different. Di naman parte yung magulang sa kawalanghiyaan.

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  52. Loren has a lot of contribution to the Philippines, yun nalang sana inisip ng anak nya. Politics is a game, it's sad it has come to this.

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  53. No child should ridicule moreso disown his/her parents in such way. Nakakahiya man para sa iyo ang nanay mo pero mas nakakahiya bilang anak ang magmalaki sa magulang.

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  54. Ang pinagtataka ko dito sa isyu ng mga Marcos is baket hindi sila nakukulong? Sa dami ng issues nila baket nakakahabol pa din sila sa government? Kung ang mga accusations about sa tax na di binayaran baket hindi sinisingil at Kung di nagbabayad baket ayaw ikulong? Sana lahat ng sinasabi nilang paglabag sa batas ng mga Marcos eh dapat panagutin nila pero baket nakakatakbo pa sila?Kung manalo si leni sana panagutin nya ang mga ito ng matapos na ang mga isyu nyo sa mga Marcos at maka move on na Pinas sa kanila. Pero Kung manalo si leni at walang nangyari dito a mga accusations nila sa mga Marcos at wala syang napanagot, hmmm baka dapat mas ibuhos nyo yung galit nyo sa justice system dito, kasi ang mga yan hindi naman nila ipapakulong mga sarili nila dapat may magpakulong sa kanila. At mejo maniniwala na din ako sa theory sadyang ayaw nilang tapusin ang isyu about Marcos para may pagmukhain silang masama at kontra bida. Kasi nakakapagtaka talaga eh Kung pure evil sila baket di sila nakukulong o MA-ban man Lang sa pagtakbo sa kahit anong government positions.

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  55. Masyado naman ata harsh na itatakwil na bilang ina, although matagal na silang di ok
    Pero naman for sure nung bata sya kini kwento ng nanay nya about martial law since politics si loren marami sya advice at learnings sa kid nya to do good, mga ganito ugali politiko, mga masamang gawain kaya di rin masisi

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  56. I’m with the son here. His mom has no moral jurisdiction over him anymore after making her choices.

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  57. Ang oa ng mga comment niyo. Minsan isipin niyo din ang pinagdaanang pasakit ng mga anak sa magulang nila.

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  58. Ang Yabang at Bastos ng anak. Pwede nman kausapin privately at intindihan ang ina. Tulad ni Karla and Daniel.

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  59. One can express oneself. One can disagree. But to say f*uck and call your mom names is uncalled for. It is the lowest of the low to cuss your mother. There is absolutely no excuse for this....specially just because of difference in political views. I pray this boy and everyone rejoicing and applauding him get back this sickening action a hundred fold. To those who think this is an acceptable behavior, rot in h*ll.

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  60. Sana yun sulat nya doon lang sa mga punto nya di na Sana hinaluan ng galit. May point sya pero nakalimutan nya na nanay nya pa din yun. I agree with him but the delivery could have been made with respect.

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  61. so sad but for sure di lang sa political choices ng mom nya ang ugat ng hatred ni son.. me mas malalim but my wish for them to have peace in their hearts the soonest.

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  62. Please! Please! Please don' let history repeat itself. Lets learn from it.

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    1. Which part of the history you don't want to repeat?

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  63. Hay naku Lorenzo parang mas makakasuka ata at nakakatakot ginawa ng tatay mo! Tumigil ka!!

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  64. There's got to be far deeper reasons than just politics to make you disown your own mother.

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  65. This is why you should not vote for Leni. Toxic VP for 6 years. Gaslighting everyone to hate your family if they will not vote for her. NPA mindsets.

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  66. their story is theirs to tell

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  67. Your son put you in a dilemma whether to quit and keep your family intact. Or carry on with your political plans and lose a son. Your choice, Loren, is what defines you as a mother.

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    1. Pinagsasabi mo dyan eh matagal na sya tinakwil nyan. Inuuto lang kayo sa love for country.

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  68. Agreeing with Lorenzo doesn't necessarily mean na we celebrate kung ano man nangyayari sa pamilya nila. Of course we are sad, kasi bakit kailangang humantong pa sa ganito. Pero alam niyo kung ano yung mas nakakalungkot? Yung mas uunahin niyo yung pangsariling interest niyo kesa sa sarili niyong bayan.

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  69. Ang kakapal lang ng mukha nung mga di naman nakatira sa Pilipinas pero ang dami daming say. Akala mo affected sila first hand sa mga nangyayari. Akala mo, ALAM NA ALAM lahat! Okay lang naman maging concerned pero yung ang OA OA at ang toxic na ng lumalabas sa pagkatao mo dahil lang sa political views mo.. baka ikaw na yung fascist dyan... pinapgpipilitan mo yung stand mo at yang KATOTOHANANG pinaniniwalaan mo na isaksak sa lalamunan ng iba na may ibang pinaninindigan.

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  70. Dear child, no matter who is occupying the presidential seat, please remember one thing, they are there to make money and get as much as they could :) :) :) Giving you peanuts and scraps is the name of the game :) :) :)

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  71. While it is sad, remember that as parents we also have a responsibility to make choices that would make our kids proud, or at the very least make them understand the choices we make. We are our kids' first moral compass.

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  72. Stupid son whose lifestyle is fueled by politics. That's why Mom and Dad tried so hard to win every election.

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    1. Without politics the dad is a very wealthy man. Shame on you calling the son stupid. You don't know anything!

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  73. This is just too much. Didn’t cry foul when dad was convicted with murder. Dad is uber wealthy anyways.

    This guy is disgrace! Que horror!!!

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  74. This shows na hindi porket matanda na, wiser and alam ang tama. Nilamon si Loren and now she's reduced to a trapo, pandering to fascists so she can keep her few years left clutched tightly to power and money. I applaud Lorenzo for not letting biological relations cloud his judgement and sense of justice. He's proof that at one point Loren was authentic in her pursuit of truth. Sadly, she is no longer anything but a trapo now.

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  75. Daming moralista pero they celebrate this kind of behavior, you guys are really something else same with the candidate you support.

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  76. Mother'slove is one of the purest gift of God only the children can feel and vice versa. My symphathy this was lost bet ween. I pray you find peace inyour heart and make amends and regain your lost. The Feeling of joy can only be felt by a son from a mother and the purity of lovr from a child to a mother is beyond comprehensible. For a child to loose this especially bec of political inclination is unimaginable. Hope you find peace in your heart. In time . Reach out , forgive and ask for one and regain in time the precious previlege of a child . Love from a mother.

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    1. So ok lng na bastusin ang nanay dahil magakiba sila ng iboboto?? Wala ka bang anak?

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  77. Did you really have to publicize your opinion about your mom’s political choices? Ang swerte mo may Nanay ka pa.

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  78. Ang mga salita na ginamit. Fu** my mother. Bakit tinawag pa nyang nanay. Grabe!

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