There are so many top list in the cropping up Philippine blogosphere nowadays and it’s a good thing because it allows us to discover the yet un-discovered. It also gives us a different perspective, depending on who’s creating the list and what that list represents.
However, if you regularly visited all these lists, you will see almost the same trend — the same names keep making it on the top, except for several bloggers who wanted to keep their identity a secret (nobody even knows what’s Bryanboy’s real name or if he’s really just 17).
There’s also one other very distinct similarity — not one of these top lists includes Filipina blogger and columnist Michelle Malkin. I just read her on Business Week just now being listed as one of the 14 top earners in the blogosphere.
So, I went over and checked her Wikipedia entry:
Michelle Malkin (née Maglalang) (born October 20, 1970) is an American columnist, blogger, author and political commentator. She is a social and political conservative who makes frequent guest appearances on national syndicated radio programs and on television networks such as MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and C-SPAN. As well as her written blog, she posts regular video blogs. Her syndicated column “appears in nearly 200 newspapers nationwide.”
Malkin was born in Philadelphia to Filipino parents, Dr. Apolo and Rafaela Maglalang. Her maternal grandfather fought under General Douglas MacArthur.[2] She grew up in Absecon, New Jersey, and graduated from Oberlin College. In 1993, she married Jesse Malkin, a Rhodes Scholar and RAND Corporation economist. They have two children.
Clearly, she’s Filipina of Filipino descent. She also blogs about the Philippines and links to other Filipino bloggers. She’s also in Technorati’s Popular 100 list, number 11 to be exact, so I’m pretty sure a lot of people know her.
But why isn’t she on our list?
“Freedom with responsibility.â€
Correct, because freedom without responsibility is chaos and worse, anarchy.
Freedom of expression does not give you the right to slander people. Thus the libel and slander charges.
“I think BrianB erred in attributing malice to Malkin’s exclusion in these lists and should apologize for it”
Yuga threw the ball and I swung. So what if it’s a homer? Don’t blame the messenger. A hundred years of shallow demcoracy would make any people ethically uninclined.
Ok, I’m only apologizing for digressing.
@Andrew
You are right to observe that Michelle is an Ann Coulter wannabe.
On a side note, almost all atheist blogger that I read lambast Ann Coulter regularly.
I’ve read somewhere that Sassy Lawyer dislike her also.
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That’s right BryanB.. I’m sure this is the first time you’ve heard of that concept before, or you wouldn’t be dumbfounded and shocked that there could be such a thing.
Responsibility indeed is something not to take lightly, because it is this responsibility that holds up a nation’s humanity, or else as The Ca t puts it, there will be anarchy.
Freedom is not a right that you can use just so you can wildly go around lambasting everyone and anyone just because you disagree.
Hitler had the freedom to commit genocide, but we don’t condone nor do we agree that it is true freedom. That freedom is false because it lacks the human responsibility that freedom entails.
If you can’t understand what the following means,
Then take a rest from the keyboard and do some thinking.. It simply means there is no need to generalize the entire Filipino race as unethical in order to forward your agenda. That my friend is irresponsible.
@Michael,
Ann Coulter would also be lambasted by the Neo Conservative if only she wasn’t being used as their unofficial pitbull..
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Comment 48 is in line with my view on comment 40…
Who cares if she’s not on the list, it’s a free country for her not to join. She’s still Filipino by race, although maybe American by citizenship and identity.
Technorati’s and even Ratified.org’s ranking has always been one of the better ways to rank blogs, because it doesn’t need self submission.
[...] The Heated Debate That I’ve been participating in over at Yugatech.com, with regards to not having Michelle [...]
Great, passionate comedian, and I bet she doesn’t even know it.
Fox News ownz the Comedy Central for being the funniest thing ever seen on US broadcast television.
Too bad neo-cons and rednecks think its real news.
[...] included in the Top 50 Most Influential Bloggers List (well, except maybe for Filipina blogger Michelle Malkin). Methinks to have at least one there (Malkin) is good enough. Singapore’s Xiaxue [...]
[...] Some Filipinos have seen fit to dismiss my ethnic heritage entirely and consider me “white” because of my politics and past criticism of the Philippines’ reckless decision to pay [...]
[...] Pero hindi ako sas.ali sa sinasabi nilang boykot sa Desperate Housewives dahil hindi naman ako nanonood ng palabas na ‘yan na balita ko’y tungkol sa malalanding matronang parang laging kinakati ang kuwan. (Magtitiyaga na lang ako sa Zaido, kahit mukha pang Chaka Doll si Fuuma Lear. Di na ako makikigaya sa mga sumulat pati kay Michelle Malkin–na nalaman kong dumaraan din pala sa blog ni Yuga.) [...]
Michelle deserves credit for her courageous stand on issues whether you agree with them or not!
NO Way!,, she will never be on our list
she’s a racist! she disgraces US immigrants that are from asia!..
There was one time that I’m actually excited to see Michelle on Fox but then she lost me after she fumbled on the immigration topic.
She’s all about being controversial now.
As for her speaking her mind, It is one thing to be courageous, but it’s another to be badly informed. We’re over the shock value now, all i see is bitching
…michelle malkin is an idiot and i am embarrassed that she is a filipina
Michelle Malkin is nothing more than an Asian Uncle Tom..she has noticed the backfiring from the Asian-American community from her neo-con rhetorics and now she’s trying so hard to “get in touch” with her Filipino-ness to the point that it glows fakeness. She’s a hardcore bitch, a long lost-cost and she should never be accepted back into our community.
Gotta love the effort you put into this blog :)
I SENT A HER A MESSAGE re: ASIAN RACISM and her BITCHINESS. (Sorry for the typo. katamad ayusin eh.)
I just found out yesterday that you are indeed part Filipino. What I don’t understand about you is that you are placing us Filipinos in a very unlikely position as far as racism is concerned. As a matter of fact, my young nephews and nieces have been telling me that they are being harassed and picked on re:â€Are you related to that RACIST Malkin girl on the tv? Mom mother told me she said that Asians unable to speak English are dumb are you her sister? You guys have the same flat nose and ugly eyes.â€
Now, if it isn’t clear for you. I hope this message makes it clear enough: STOP BEING A STEREOTYPICAL AND UNETHICAL WOMAN, FILIPINOS WOULD’VE ROOOTED FOR YOU BUT INSTEAD YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON TV MAKING FILIPINOS LOOK HILARIOUS, OR DEEMED STUPENDOUS BECAUSE OF YOUR RIDICULOUSLY IMMORAL CHARACTER.
You might think you have what it takes to be called “MISS SMARTY-PANTS†for being able to speak English very well, but guess what. YOU ARE NOT EVEN A NOTCH HIGHER THAN POOR FARMERS IN “OUR†COUNTRY. Just because you were born or raised in the US doesn’t mean that you got what it takes to be on par with other people on the HIGH SOCIETY or whatever A SMARTY PANTS like you want to call it.
If I were you, I’d go to BREMBO right now and consult my mouth for needing A brake installation SO YOU CAN control what pops out of your ridiculous mouth. Just so you know, so many Filipinos hate you right now and are not proud of you, I MEAN WHO WOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR “FEL-LOW†KABABAYAN WHO THINKS THAT PROBABLY HER RELATIVES WHO CANNPT SPEAK ENGLISH WON’T UNDERSTAND HER OR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE A GOODLIFE FOR BEING ACADEMICALLY INCOMPETENT? YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF YOU RACIST PRICK!
That’s all for now.
P.S. DON’T YOU SASS ME WITH YOU ENGLISH BECAUSE ‘M PRETTY SURE I CAN HANDLE YOURS. I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SET EVEN A SINGLE FOOT IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ATLEAST WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DO SO, I’M STILL WELL EDUCATED AND I CAN VERY MUCH SPEAK ENGLISH AND PROBABLY HAVE “A GOOD FUTURE FOR BEING ABLE TO SPEAK AND READ ENGLISH VERY WELL.â€
Oh, and one more thing. YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO OUR COUNTRY. You should’ve put your brain to good use. YOU WAR FREAK.
Wonderful post… I could possibly make full use of of the info.Thanks You.