A CERTAIN Teo Marasigan in a blog entry titled Kapirasong Kritika, has sparked a discussion on why Filipino activists should not blog. Pointing out that activists have failed to use the Internet to expose and denounce the dominant “reactionary” ideas in the Internet, Marasigan has suggested that activists-bloggers should stop blogging.

His post eventually elicited reactions from some progressive blogs, including Mongster’s Nest by Mong Palatino and Reds Care.

Writing in Filipino, Marasigan argued that the Filipino Internet activists have somehow failed to also state the reactionary character of the Internet.

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FILIPINO bloggers are reacting to a remark made by one of the characters in a recent episode of television series “Desperate Housewives.”

While many condemned the remark as a racist slur and called for a boycott of the show, others suggested that people write to the producers of the show to complain.

The Filipino bloggers were reacting to a remark by the character Susan Mayer Delfino, played by Teri Hatcher, who was objecting to being checked by a doctor until she was sure of the doctor’s credentials.

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