It all started with a post that PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson shared online. It looked innocent, certainly. It even had the Care Bears on it. But, as these things go, it turned ugly really quickly.
The roughly spliced video showed a schizoprenic montage of images that included footage of former President Corazon Aquino's state funeral, screencaps of various news articles and quotes from the Asec herself, some song lyrics, even. Taylor Swift was in there, too.
The point to this strange exercise in video editing seems to focus on the archival footage of Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. being kissed by two women as he was seated in a plane, juxtaposed with that controversial footage of President Duterte kissing a Filipina in South Korea. "Masagwa daw ito??? Pero eto hindi???" the video asked.Â
Let's face it. This isn't even the most incendiary thing that anyone's seen from thereabouts. But it got the attention of Kris Aquino, and—well, let's just say she's not called the "Queen of All Media" for Nothing.
Asec Mocha Uson - marami akong pinalagpas. Binalahura mo na ang buong pagkatao ng pamilya namin... Mapapansin mo si Noy, hindi parte ng video ko dahil BUHAY siya. Kaya niyang depensahan ang sarili niya. pic.twitter.com/cuCXomhaIO
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) June 5, 2018
Pero nung napanuod ko yung inupload mo para depensahan si presidente Duterte (na ni minsan hindi ko pinakitaan nang hindi maganda) alam mo ba kung ano ang ginawa mo? Sinariwa mo ang sugat sa puso ng isang batang 12 years old nung pinaslang ng walang kalaban laban ang kanyang ama.
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) June 5, 2018
Umiyak ako nang tuloy tuloy dahil NAINGGIT ako sa 2 babaeng nakahalik sa Dad ko bago siya pinatay. Isang regalong hindi binigay sa nanay ko na walang tigil mo ring binabastos. Nangako akong hindi kita papatulan - but this time you crossed the line.
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214)Umiyak ako nang tuloy tuloy dahil NAINGGIT ako sa 2 babaeng nakahalik sa Dad ko bago siya pinatay. Isang regalong hindi binigay sa nanay ko na walang tigil mo ring binabastos. Nangako akong hindi kita papatulan - but this time you crossed the line.
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) June 5, 2018
You reminded me of how much I hurt my mom nung buntis ako kay Josh & na-disown ako pero nung 1 month si kuya - naglakas loob akong pumunta sa Times Street & once kinarga niya 'yung apo niya - siya na 'yung pinakanagmahal sa anak kong may autism.
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) June 5, 2018
Pinaalala mo na nung issue namin ni Joey, nung umamin ako sa STD, niyakap lang ako ng nanay ko. Sa lahat ng naging palpak sa buhay ko - 'yun siguro ang kaibahan namin - WALA KAMING PINAGTAKPAN. Wala kaming ginamit.
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) June 5, 2018
Inako ko lahat ng mali ko at dahil nga minahal ako ng nanay ko at gusto kong maging mabuting ina - sinisikap kong ayusin ang buhay ko. Kaya ngayon hihiramin ko ang salita niya: TAMA NA. SOBRA NA...
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) June 5, 2018
Kung may gusto kang punching bag, please ako na lang. Kasi buhay ako, kaya kitang sagutin. At hindi kita uurungan. ????????????????????
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) June 5, 2018
The impassioned thread spurred the Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Teddy Locsin, Jr.—who, one may recall, used to part of President Cory Aquino's Cabinet—to rise to the occasion:
There's a man a nation should kiss on the mouth, getting up to meet his assassins, believing that in his dying his people would live, in his weakness relative to the dictator the nation would find the strength to be free. The last real man until his wife picked up his struggle. https://t.co/VaSTbHstzu
— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) June 5, 2018
In the funeral march from Tarlac to the tarmac, when the cortege passed by Clark Air Base, American pilots jumped into American fighter jets and gunned their engines—the roar was the tribute of America's Top Guns to the PH's best—Ninoy Aquino. Men with balls know their own.
— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) June 5, 2018
UPDATE: This definition of "EPIC".
You'd think the controversial Asec would know better than to taunt a woman mourning a father who'd been gunned down, considering that she also bears the same scars. Never underestimate the ferocity of a loyal daughter.
