{"id":1134,"date":"2023-06-22T03:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T03:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2025-05-21T06:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:28:49","slug":"the-cuss-that-cares-paternalistic-cussing-in-philippine-president-rodrigo-roadutertes-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/2023\/06\/22\/the-cuss-that-cares-paternalistic-cussing-in-philippine-president-rodrigo-roadutertes-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cuss that Cares? Paternalistic Cussing in Philippine President Rodrigo RoaDuterte\u2019s Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-981-99-0894-3_6#auth-Ronald_A_-Pernia\">Ronald A. Pernia<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-981-99-0894-3_6#auth-Rogelio_Alicor_L_-Panao\">Rogelio Alicor L. Panao<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Debasing-Political-Rhetoric-Pernia-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\" width=\"480\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Debasing-Political-Rhetoric-Pernia-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Debasing-Political-Rhetoric-Pernia-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Debasing-Political-Rhetoric-Pernia-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Debasing-Political-Rhetoric-Pernia.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Abs1\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This chapter offers an unconventional view of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s rhetoric by contending that his use of abusive language is a symbolic predilection by a president who is fully aware of the political implications of actions and utterances\u2014to preach tough love to protect citizens and maintain law and order.\u00a0We call this phenomenon\u00a0<em>paternalistic cussing<\/em>\u00a0which serves to reassure a culturally conservative constituency that privileges order, discipline, and social stability. Through a critical reexamination of Duterte\u2019s public pronouncements, we demonstrate that although cussing has become characteristic of his particular brand of speechmaking, it seems to occur more frequently when speaking before economically and politically high-function audiences (e.g., local government officials, law enforcement officers, and overseas Filipinos) whose cooperation and agreement are necessary to legitimize the government\u2019s controversial campaign against illegal drugs. While Duterte\u2019s propensity to swear is intimately akin to a caring parent talking to an unwieldy child to behave in a particular manner, to a great extent this has resonated well with a national political culture that puts a premium on traditional norms of hierarchy, a collectivist mindset, and material values. Ultimately, this chapter provides a more nuanced view of Duterte other than being a vulgar strongman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to the Article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-99-0894-3_6\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald A. Pernia\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Rogelio Alicor L. Panao Abstract This chapter offers an unconventional view of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s rhetoric by contending that his use of abusive language is a symbolic predilection by a president who is fully aware of the political implications of actions and utterances\u2014to preach tough love to protect citizens and maintain law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}