A netizen made a daring post on social media comparing the case of LGBT advocate Gretchen Diez and former security guard Archie Panay who led a hostage-taking last Monday.
LGBT advocate Gretchen Diez became famous after she experienced inequality after being stopped by a mall staff from using the women’s restroom while Archie Panay, a former security guard who led a hostage-taking last Monday was quickly detained by the authorities.
Panay revealed that he experienced inequality and saw the corruption being performed by the higher officials of the mall and his former security agency SASCOR.
He accused the higher security officials of SASCOR of asking P5,000 from the tenants of the mall.
According to netizen Mark Batle, Diez was even invited by the Senate of the Philippines so she could express her complaints about the rights of transwomen to use a bathroom designated for female, while Archie Panay, who’s fighting for the rights of the security officials was ignored by the politicians.
Batle called the treatment of the public officials to Diez as “special” and wished that some politicians could also do the same to Panay.
“No offense po sa mga LGBT society na friends ko dito sa fb pero totoo tong post na to, nag iisip ako lagi sa tuwing makikita ko itong issue na to na sana naman may isang mataas na nanunungkulan sa pinas na gawin din naman yung nangyari special treatment gaya nung ginawa sa issue na trans na hindi pinapasok sa cr dahil kahit noong araw pa man laganap na ang problema sa trabaho na di nabibigyan pansin at manggagawa lang mismong ang kinakawawa,” Batle said.
Some netizens didn’t like what Batle posted on social media, asking him why he needs to compare the case of Diez and Panay.
“No offense din pero bakit yan ang kailangan mong gawing comparison? Hindi ba pagmamaliit yan sa issues ng LGBT? Nalulungkot din ang LGBT community sa nangyari dahil marami sa LGBT ang maituturing na mababang uri ng manggagawa at hindi tumatanggap ng sapat na sahod at benepisyo. Lahat ng issue ng karapatang pangtao ay nangangailangang pagbuhusan ng panahon at atensyon at ang ganitong uri ng ‘crab mentality’ ay hindi nakakatulong sa pag-unlad ng bansa,” netizen Ronnel Caluag said.
“IHI vs HOSTAGE eto namang si kuya Mark nagpapatawa If we will tolerate this kind of behavior sa susunod na di ako pa-ihiin sa CR ng babae ihostage ko na lang sila lahat dun sa loob, ganun?” Chey Aceveda commented.
However, some of them agreed with the idea of Batle, suspecting that many politicians don’t want to talk about the problems of security officials.
“Karamihan sa mga security agencies eh mga general ang may ari or tga gobyerno kaya ganyan. Ska alam nila na pag bibigyan nila ng pansin yan eh sila din malulugi,” netizen Keivs Daqui said.
“Pag may pera ang involve hindi na kinakastigo kase nga may pampadulas pero pag mahirap ang naaapi matik na lilipas din ang usapin nayan. Ganyan dto sa pinas,” netizen Aron Rioja remarked.
The post of Panay already reached 51,000 shares on social media.