Duterte Harry: The Philippines General Discussion (read the last post)

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He also supports gay marriage as part of his anti-Catholic platform.

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How likely is it Duterte legalizes abortion?

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There is no such thing as "post-birth abortion".

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Going by the Catholic Church's track record (like thinking Franco was the greatest), it's safe to say this has more to do with his expansion of birth control, pro-gay marriage stance and staunch anti-Catholicism than the actually terrible things he's doing.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's a shame, really. If not for the death squad thing (and related stuff) I'd likely have a positive view on Duterte due to his stances on birth control and LGBT rights. Unfortunately, given his actions, it'd be like a proverbial "Hitler did bad things BUT he build highways!"

Basically that, yeah. He'd probably be one of my favorite world leaders if it wasn't for all the stuff people hate him for. Funnily if you remove his misogynistic comments, support for death squads and attacks on Obama Duterte actually looks pretty progressive.