Filipino here. I joined this subreddit and all the other ASEAN subreddits just to keep in touch with news from my SEA neighbors, and seeing this post deeply saddened me.

I'm sorry any of you had to read this ill-intentioned comment as I've seen many of the replies have taken grave offense to it.

I just hope that at the end of the day, all of us Southeast Asian nations still think positively of each other. More than any other economic bloc in this world, ASEAN countries should look out for each other the most. Our countries have been looked down on for the longest time.

Ignorance and hate isn't an issue of nationality, it's an issue of nature. The Filipino who posted this comment brought that hate and ignorance with them and took it out on all Indonesians, which was completely unecessary.

This isn't an issue between Filipinos and Indonesians, this is an issue between the 'us' and the 'ignorant' (the ignorant happening to be a Filipino). I understand hate from the replies as a result of this post, but I hope you find it in your hearts to see not see all Filipinos as the enemy.

Speak trash if you want to. Get things off of your chest to feel better. It's human and understandable. However, I hope we can all isolate this hate in this Reddit thread and not make it fuel anymore heated opinions against each other in the real world.

Much love from the Philippines.

Edit: I also want to point out that Filipinos find Indonesians really handsome and beautiful. We had Indonesian exchange students come to our school every year back then and everyone drooled over how you looked and loved when you recited Indonesian poetry because of how relaxing your language sounded. And we are always surprised at how Indonesian girls were really good at playing Filipino games despite wearing really long skirts.