Foreign Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. was not running out of paper for diplomatic protests, but must have been losing patience, when he hurled Monday a curse-laced message at China over its occupation and claim of sovereignty over Philippine maritime areas. This Filipino and, I dare presume, countless others stood by the foreign secretary when he dropped all diplomatic pretense, but still pleading friendship, and fired this tweet: “China, my friend, how politely can I put it? Let me see… O…GET THE F**K OUT. What are you doing to our friendship? You. Not us. We’re trying. You. You’re like an ugly oaf forcing your attentions on a handsome guy who wants to be a friend, not to father a Chinese province.”

Pascual, F. D. Jr. (2021, May 6). Locsin cursing China impolite, but justified. The Philippine Star, p. 6.