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MTRCB summons 'It's Showtime' producers over Vice Ganda's alleged 'indecent' acts (www.manilatimes.net)

submitted 2 years ago by decadentrebel to c/philippines

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the questioned segment, Vice Ganda and Ion Perez shared a moment licking frosting on a cake, which received various reactions from viewers.

What?

Even watching the highlights video from ABS-CBN Entertainment YT doesn't really point me to anything “morally objectionable,” except, perhaps to them being a gay couple and celebrating their love for each other. Should the two be stoned to death publicly then? Sa Quirino Grandstand kaya, tapos i-invite lahat ng nag-comment sa vid, bigyan ng tag-isang basket ng bato.

Is that the kind of ‘morality’ Filipinos want to uphold? It seems that a lot of the comments on the video would point towards that. Comments such as this one:

Grabe awa awa ko sa mga bata. Ang mga bata ay tinuturuan nang kagandahang asal hindi kahayupan at kaimoralan.

Had it been a straight couple, I don't think there'd be any summons from MTRCB, nor there'd be any noise about this.

[–] decadentrebel 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hate "whataboutism" but in this case, you just can't help it. Tito Sotto had a similar incident on a July 28 episode but didn't get any flak for it likely because they're a heterosexual couple.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I completely agree. I'm sure the same commenters on the other vid would characterize that as “sweet”, and “shows how love can transcend time and age” or whatever shit.

What I could disagree is the characterization of pointing this out as ‘whataboutism.’ I would characterize this as highlighting the double-standards inherent in the reactions to the event in the main post. Of course, the line between highlighting double-standards and ‘whataboutism’ can be blurry for some, and can be used to muddy things. However, to me at least, this shows that public display of affection is pretty much accepted if it's between heterosexual couples, but somewhat of a taboo if it's between homosexual couples.