’s film Bayaning Third World which upholds the idea of “kanya-kanyang Rizal” — as the persona of the National Hero has been used by all sides in political debates and messaging.in the time of fake news? Three timeless writings of Rizal that touch on the issue of truth and reason may enlighten us. If Rizal along with other propagandists like Marcelo H. Del Pilar and Antonio Luna were alive today, they might find the phenomenon of fake news as nothing strange.
One such instance is when he writes a story where a friar single-handedly faced off with 50 bandits who tried to take away tens of thousands of pesos. Zayb wrote his exaggerated version of the story first without checking the facts. And when he went to confirm the details, to his dismay he found Padre Cammora nursing a concussion after being robbed of a mere 50 pesos by three bandits. Zayb berates the injured friar saying you know nothing of what actually happened to you.
Rizal’s Letter to the Young Women of Malolos touches on women empowerment, true Christianity, and the importance of critical thinking. “Rizal, The Reformist” by Martino A. Abellana via joserizal.com is a must-read not just to understand the importance of empowered women in society but because of the importance of having one’s own mind.
But the most striking would be his sixth point where he writes: “everyone is born equal, naked and without chains. Not created by God to be enslaved, not endowed with intelligence to be blinded, and not adorned with reason to be deceived by others. It is not pride to refuse to worship a fellow man, to enlighten the mind, and to reason out everything. The arrogant one is he who wants to be worshipped, who misleads others, and wants his will to prevail over reason and justice.
Rizal and other propagandists did not fold to public harassment but rather continued for the sake of justice and reason. In a similar way, modern-day misinformation never unites a nation, it just turns people against one another, and obscurantism furthers this division. Alas, a divided people are easily conquered and oppressed.
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