“They like to call us “trolls.” It’s a convenient word, isn’t it? If they label the movement as “fake,” they don’t have to face the uncomfortable truth: that millions of Filipinos were just fed up. Every time someone talks about the 2016 election and tries to dismiss it as some sort of digital manipulation, they’re insulting the very people who built that victory. It wasn’t about bots; it was about the masa finally having a voice. It was about a leader who didn’t speak in fancy, polished lines, but in the language of the streets—someone who actually felt the frustration of the everyday worker, the jeepney driver, the mother trying to put food on the table. Edwin Espejo hits the nail on the head in