On Filipinos’ stupidity
If anyone truly attempts to nail a point, the same must carry the burden of proof.
To speak of politics is a laborious task of inquiry and research, where the design that aptly brings the task into fruition is longitudinal in an academic way of speaking, aside from the comparative approach where weighing two or more systems is put into account and are thereby formulated analyses.
If one genuinely dares to mature into a robust critic, the same must prove credence by presenting perspectives that are sourced from relevant readings, constituting primarily of political history and the corresponding commentaries that are worth-heeding to; or any further firsthand experiences that were absorbed in the midst of fluid and dynamic political climate.
A simple Socratic method can prove how inept a person is no matter how articulate or eloquent he/she is. A claim is easily dismantled as imprecise, if not totally inaccurate, once ignorance could no longer stand up further scrutiny, and only lead to absolute embarrassment. This is why he who speaks of the “facts” cannot be timid and have reservations when asked upon with a more nuanced set of questions.
If anyone truly attempts to nail a point, the same must carry the burden of proof. As how it is well-acknowledged in legal matters, the burden of proof always lies on the accuser, and should the latter fail, the accused is pronounced innocent and the case is consequently dismissed.
As how Filipinos comment here and there on Philippine politics, American politics, or even in foreign lands’ politics, one thing is sure: No matter how readers or wider audience admit to give presumption of literacy or know-how to the supposed bearers of knowledge, it would always be best to regard the unbiased experts and cleave to their theories.
