A Simple Approach to the Leftist Problem

[L'Emmerdeur]

Call them all communists and murder the noisy types one by one or as you find them.

'"Bloody Sunday": Left Activists, Labor Leaders Executed in Philippines After Duterte Says "Finish Off" the Communists'

In an event that human rights groups are calling "Bloody Sunday," at least nine left-wing activists and labor leaders were executed at their homes and offices this past weekend during a series of coordinated raids carried out jointly by the military and police in four provinces in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines, just two days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered security forces to "finish off" communists in the country.

"I've told the military and the police that if they find themselves in an armed encounter with the communist rebels, kill them, make sure you really kill them and finish them off if they are alive," Duterte said Friday. "Just make sure to return their bodies to their respective families."

"Forget about human rights," the Philippine president continued. "That's my order. I'm willing to go to jail, that's not a problem. I do not have any qualms about doing the things that I have to do."

According to Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), "It is not a coincidence that these deadly raids happened two days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police and military to 'kill all' communists and 'don't mind human rights.'"

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Last year, rights groups warned that the new anti-terrorism law, which critics say equates dissent with communism or terrorism, could enable Duterte to crush political opponents, as NPR noted.

Regarding Sunday's raids, police claimed they "had arrest warrants against 18 individuals, adding that some resisted arrest, resulting in their deaths," Al-Jazerra reported.

Activists have described the raids as "reminiscent of police operations in which thousands of people have been killed as part of Duterte's signature war on drugs, in which police said all of the victims were armed and had resisted arrest," WION reported.

Al-Jazerra noted that there are "fears of a new wave of bloodshed" across the Philippines.

[pErvinalia]

Trump probably dreams of the power Duterte weilds.

[Brian Peacock]

Arseholes do that kind of shit when they've already lost the argument and their people know it.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Trump probably dreams of the power Duterte weilds.

He thought the extrajudicial killing of thousands of those suspected of being involved in the drug trade was 'great' and called Duterte just to tell him that. I don't think there's any reasonable doubt that if he had that sort of power he'd gladly use it. He is unashamedly drawn towards autocrats who employ brutal methods and outright murder to further their ambitions--apparently feels a natural kinship with such people.