- Broadcaster Teddy Locsin Jr. was criticized for his series of tweets which he posted during the 2nd presidential debate aired on national TV last March 20
- Locsin tweeted: “Tagalog should be discouraged, so long, lso bullshitty, so useless a tongue for debate”
- “Tanggol Wika,” a collective of professors, lawmakers, and artists from more than 70 colleges and universities, cited several points that debunk Locsin’s views
“Tagalog should be discouraged. So long, so bullshitty, so useless a tongue for debate.” This is just one of the tweets that Broadcaster and journalist Teddy Locsin Jr. posted during the conduct of the second government-sanctioned debate on March 20.
Photo Credit: Teddy Locsin / Twitter
In his series of tweets, Locsin described the exchange between Senator Grace Poe and administration presidential bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas II as “lousy” because the two candidates used “too much Tagalog,” an article which was published by Philippine Daily Inquirer stated.
Locsin also said that English is the language of “combat and not of sissiness” as he further stressed: “English is the language of men. Tagalog sounds manly only when clipped and short like English.”
In addition, the broadcaster noted that both Poe and Roxas are supposedly “masters of the civilized English” thus he said, the two bets should have used English during their exchange.
With this, Locsin later earned the ire of the public specifically those at the academe and was labeled as elitist and anti-Filipino. He was even corrected by commenters by saying that the national language is Filipino and not Tagalog.
As such, the Alyansa ng mga Tagapagtanggol ng Wika or “Tanggol Wika,” a collective of professors, lawmakers, and artists from more than 70 colleges and universities, cited several points that debunk Locsin’s views.
Filipino is the language of the 99 percent of Filipinos and that since the presidential debate is a government-organized event, it should be in Filipino, the alliance claimed.
Furthermore, Locsin’s apology for his remarks which reportedly belittled and insulted the country’s national language is sought by the group.
The group also asked the broadcaster to practice humility by stepping down from his ivory tower and breathe the free air with the common folks who use the Filipino language.
Post a Comment