TEDDY LOCSIN, JR.
“TAGALOG should be discouraged. So long, so bullsh***ty, so useless a tongue for debate. English is the language of men. Tagalog sounds manly only when clipped and short like English.”
That was Teddy Locsin’s sweeping remarks on his Twitter account na talagang pinag-usapan.
Iyon kasi ang naging reaction ni Teddy matapos mapanood ang presidential debates ng TV5 para kina Rody Duterte, Grace Poe, Mar Roxas at Jojo Binay.
Ang daming nag-react sa maanghang na statement na ‘yon ni Teddy sa kanyang Twitter account. One guy, Pilipino professor Jun Talegon, said, “Dapat makilala at mabasa ni @teddyboylocsin ang mga teorya at pananaw ni William Labov (Father of Socioliguistics) ukol sa wika…isa sa pinakatanyag na pahayag ni Labov ang ‘walang superyor na wika’…sapagkat may kani-kanilang katangian at kakanyahan ang bawat wika na ginagamit ng tao.
“It’s very arrogant and ignoramus of you to say such statements mr locsin… a very clear example of a Filipino who do not know his identity! Shame on you!”
May isa namang sumagot and said, “I think his tweet is being taken out of context. Ang pakahulugan ko sa tweet nya ay masyadong maborloloy ang Tagalog at masyadong mahaba ang mga kataga. Sa debate sa pagka pangulo ng Pilipinas, mas technical at concise ang mag-debate sa Ingles. Dalawa sa marami pang pangangailangan upang maipahayag nang mabuti ang hangarin at adhikain ng isang kumakandidato sa pagka pangulo.”
So, what’s our take? Well, if Mr. Locsin is not a Filipino, we will take it as it is. But him being Pinoy makes the statement not only bullsh***ty and idiotic but shamefully degrading as well.
He conveniently forgot na most viewers are Tagalog-speaking at hindi katulad niyang well-versed in the King’s language. His statements were DISCRIMINATORY!!!