Arnold Clavio is a racist, says Azkals' fans

Arnold Clavio, one of the anchorman of GMA News Channel made a remarkable statement regarding the Philippine Azkals during one of the station’s show.

The comments made by Arnold Clavio have already gone viral in different social media sites. After the Philippines defeated its rival Tajikistan for the second semi-finals berth in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup, Arnold Clavio became Twitter Trending topics in the Philippines.

During the show Arnold Clavio clearly stated some words that got the attention of its viewers regarding the Philippine Azkals players.

Harsh comments were already posted on Facebook and Twitter regarding the comments of Arnold Clavio.


Meanwhile here’s the video of Arnold Clavio’s comments regarding the Philippine Azkals. It’s up to you to decide, whether Arnold Clavio made a racist statement or not. Just take time to add your comments below regarding the comments of Arnold Clavio.


Note: The Philippine Azkals topic is at around 3 minutes after the other reports. Take note Clavio’s comments at around 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

Judging people because of one single thing he did or did not do is idiotic. You don't even know if the person really wants to do it or not or whatever it is that's running in his mind that time. Again, he might only be doing what he thinks is best for the people around him.

Sometimes, a person acts the way he thinks best at the time. Sometimes, a person says things that he may or may not mean. Sometimes people doesn't really want to do what they are doing but they do it anyway because they think its best. 


A single incident is not enough to say that a person is worthless or angelic. A single incident is not enough to tell you who the person really is.


Actions and behaviors are always affected by a lot of things, by a lot of factors. Psychological, emotional, mental---all these affects our way of thinking and the way we react on matters.


Some people can be downright nasty but you can never really be sure if they are what they are. Some may project a persona entirely different from who they really are. How sure are you that the person you admire the most for his exemplary characteristic is not somebody who suffers from intense inferiority complex? How sure are you that the group clown is not suffering from depressions and crying on his own? 


Sometimes people would opt to kill themselves because the people around them refuse to see the other facets of their life; refuse to peel the surface and get past the mask. To be stereotypical categorized is the worst thing that could happen to anybody. It could damage everything. 

Throwing Stones

People love throwing stones at each other. Being judgmental as we are, we love looking at the flaws of others, highlighting them and broadcasting them to the world in bold letters. Oftentimes we forget that the very same flaws exist in us and because we are too busy minding other people's business, we already forget to look within ourselves.

"Now, standing in a pile of shards where a glass house once stood, I can't remember who threw the first stone. Maybe it was me. Maybe not. It doesn't matter. The stone-throwing got so intense that I forgot why they were being thrown to begin with. Oh, yeah. I remember. I was pointing my finger at others and accusing them of things for which I was equally, if not more, guilty. For every stone I threw, a bigger one came back at me." (from: Goals of a Recovering Idiot)

Reading those lines from a web article I've read triggered some thoughts in my mind. Those lines were honest, bare and hits the heart.

Many times I have been guilty of the same thing. Throwing stones at others who also throw stones at me. At first we hurl pebbles to each other, smirking whenever the other speaks or laughing behind each others backs. Then we found bigger stones and started throwing them at each other, not necessarily minding who gets hit and what happens after that. The only thing we want is to get even, to hurt the others more than they hurt us, to prove who hits better. And then we found boulders of great sizes and we decided to hurl them at each other too. In the end, nobody won---we all end up wounded and tired.

Instead of taking direct actions and accepting our mistakes and respecting each others individuality we opted to act like a bunch of neanderthals and started throwing darts on each other. We could have save ourselves from pain if we only realized earlier that throwing stones at each other only makes life harder.

We are all idiots. At some point in our lives, we all become idiots. I guess I have to agree with whoever the author of that essay is when he said that the "things that annoy us about others are often characteristics we possess." True isn't it? I guess I understand why.

Oftentimes, we pretend that we are perfect, that we are free from flaws and that flaws only exist in others and not in us. So when somebody comes along who possess the characteristics we try so hard to ignore in ourselves, we start hating them. Why? Because its like facing a mirror and seeing a huge ugly scar on your face. Or I guess its more like facing a magnifier which emphasizes all the flaws you are so desperate to hide.

Instead of facing the fact that those scars exist and instead of focusing on healing the scars, we often opt to blame the scars, hate it and scratch it hoping that if we do it will go away. WRONG. The scar will of course stay and instead of making it better, you only made it look worst.

Throwing stones at each will not make a problem go away. Something that we should always remember.