A Time To Cuss

As a teacher, I try my best not to use cuss words beyond "ulol" and "gago" in my tweets. I also avoid RTing posts that slut-shame women or denigrate certain sectors like the mentally-challenged. I could call Duterte "demonyo" or Arroyo, "makapal" but the most I could say is my fave HT #NaMo or #NaNyo when I am really really disgusted by it all. 

There are many reasons why I should let my guard down. Duterte's government has given me enough instances to forget that I have students who follow me and I should not care anymore if I use words "unbecoming" of my profession. Believe me, it's not easy restraining myself. 

At home, I noticed that I cuss over meals when the TV is on and the news would show our evil president doing what he does best- lie and insult everyone. I really feel guilty bec I know my kids, all grown up and who don't use bad words, feel uncomfortable about it. I know though that they understand where the frustration is coming. They share the sentiment. They know how concerned and disturbed I am about our present predicament as a nation. 

Online, I will leave it to my socmed friends to curse and cuss on my behalf when we are time and again get agitated by this punishment called government. My priority is still to express/share my opinion on issues hoping the younger set would be encouraged to think and form their own take on the never-ending concerns we face as a people. Thank heavens for symbols, punctuations and emoticons for giving me the option when it's time to cuss. So , Duterte, 😡💩😏😡👿$/@&%#€¥%!