Madam Imee: Ambivalence or Ideas of Reference?
Senator Imee's response to Cong. Sandro Marcos is a grist for a gossip mill.
All the recipes and ingredients (that include the condiments) for a good gossip are there when she shared personal information about her brother for no reason other than shock value or to diminish him in the eyes of others, and to the "delight of you know who", according to my friend.
She justified her gossip by claiming she was "helping" him and let her audience see a person for "who he really was," although if someone did the same to her, she'd scream "foul".
That was exacxtly what happened when Sandro Marcos shared his observation and responded: "That is not a doing of a sibling."
And then she responded irresponsibly: "Gustong paingayin ni Sandro ang usap-usapang hindi ako tunay na kapatid." And then she segued to suggest "Isa lamang ang solusyon: Magpa DNA test ako ... at magpa-hair follicle test sila."
Did you hear yourself, Manang Imee? Ikaw ang nagsabi ng sinabi mo. What are you frothing about?
I don't see any malice in what Sandro has opined. There were no odious and scummy insinuations and imputations uttered, except that he was wondering what you were doing?
Because just like any Pinoy, morally and culturally speaking, that is ... will frown at what you did. And we couldn't blame him if he said in disbelief: "This is not the doing of a sibling."
Manang Imee ...we share the same feeling with Sandro. We believe family comes first ... ano mang baho meron ang isang miembro nito, pamilya ang nagpo-protect na hindi sumingaw ang masangsang na amoy.
The way I see it ... mas mature pa si Sandro sa kanyang demeanor and observation ... compared to the juvenile rant of dear Auntie. Para na rin siyang bratinella ... (those who lie down with dogs shall rise up with fleas).
What I saw ... was some kind of inner workings of a distressed woman, knowing her AMBIVALENCE (the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas or contrasting feeling tones about something or someone). In her case ,,, she was torn between her love for her brother ... versus her love of power or the support of her allies. Will the latter outweigh the former ... and will she make that her priority?
Her response to Sandro's statement was a classic case of IDEAS OF REFERENCE (?) - the false belief that unrelated events, such as the conversations or statements, in this case, Sandro's comment, made her think he questioned if she was a sister to him.
Well, she still is ... technically, (whether the rumors are true or not) she can still be a sister to BBM either from the father side ... or the mother side. Whatever the true story is.
Actually, this is not the issue here. It was just her DEFENSIVE response to Sandro ... that sounded too OFFENSIVE.
The rule of thumb is ... if you don't want your name dragged in a quagmire of scandals and innuendos ... chill ... and you have to think a million times about your moves and their repercussions. If you don't want that, the whole country will talk about you and your little antic ang tactic ... keep your mouth shut!
Is he ready to shed off her Marcos pedigree? ... Or the lure of Davao is an invitation ... too hard to ignore?
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