{"id":143717,"date":"2018-01-04T04:19:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T09:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143717"},"modified":"2018-01-04T04:19:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T09:19:03","slug":"gatchalian-sees-no-reason-to-apologize-for-controversial-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/04\/gatchalian-sees-no-reason-to-apologize-for-controversial-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatchalian sees no reason to apologize for controversial tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Gatchalian also said that the internet was originally designed to come up with good ideas and good opinions but it\u2019s now also meant to destroy people. (Photo:<\/a> Senator Win Gatchalian\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian took a firm stand on Monday that he would not apologize for cursing out netizens whom he accused of being \u201cpaid\u201d and \u201cdesigned to bring out the worst\u201d in a public official.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see the reason to delete it because again we\u2019re talking to people who are organized and paid to attack you\u2026We can engage one another in a healthy debate but when it\u2019s a troll then I don\u2019t see the reason of apologizing,\u201d Gatchalian said in his interview in ANC Headstart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are paid individuals, robots that are designed to destroy you and to bring out the worst in you. So why will I apologize to these people who are designed to bring out the worst in you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Senator on Monday replied with Filipino curse words to netizens who criticized his remark to an online article about the Liberal Party. It read, “The nation already lost its soul in the last 6 years.”<\/p>\n

Netizens then tagged the senator as \u201cbalimbing<\/em> (political turncoat)\u201d and \u201ctrapo<\/em>\u201d or traditional politician as they recall that Gatchalian was a former local executive who used to support the Aquino administration.<\/p>\n

Gatchalian also said that the internet was originally designed to come up with good ideas and good opinions but it\u2019s now also meant to destroy people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really a sad part of social media and the free market of ideas and comments because this arena now became a weapon of mass destruction for public servants and against public officials,\u201d Gatchalian said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the sad part because the internet is designed to come up with good ideas and good opinions but it\u2019s also designed to ruin certain people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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