u/Far_Breakfast_5808

By that, I mean people whose legal given or personal names are written in hiragana, not kanji. Someone like "田中みどり" rather than "田中緑". I know such examples exist and are not uncommon, and it's historically been associated with women, but how common are they these days? Is it still a primarily female thing, or have males with hiragana names also become more common in recent years? What about katakana names: are they only used for loanword names these days, or is, for example, someone having the legal name "高橋ケンタ" rather than "高橋健太" not unheard of nowadays? Historically, I know that some women had katakana names, but I'm talking more about the present day.

I voted for Leni in 2022, and if she does end up changing her mind and runs in 2028, I will vote for her again. However, I won't lie: I feel like the way many Kakampinks are still pushing her to run in 2028, despite her saying she wants to focus on Naga and doesn't want another bruising campaign, is doing more harm than good. I can't blame her for wanting to stay local: she and her family suffered a lot in 2022, and losing a presidential election, especially with those margins, is not easy.

Gets ko yung mga survey. Gets ko yung may base pa rin si Leni. Kaya lang, bakit kailangan siyang pilitin kung talagang ayaw na niya? Even the "Let Naga wait" sentiment seems selfish. The way how many Kakampinks treat Leni is no different from how the DDS treats Duterte or how the Loyalists treat Makoy and BBM: same savior complex, different people.

Kung issue yung winnability, why not just find a successor, have Leni endorse her successor, and work with Angat Buhay and other pro-Leni groups to build up the base for the successor, whoever it may be? Politics is a numbers game. The election is less than two years away. The more this drags on, the less time there will be to build up a base and platform for Leni's successor. Use that time to find someone who would unite the opposition and consolidate the anti-Sara base. It could be Bam, it could be Tulfo, it could be someone else like Risa, Torre, etc. "Only Leni is winnable" is an illusion and if anything is defeatist: that suggests that we cannot work towards making other candidates win too.

If people truly love Leni: would you really want her to risk another brutal campaign for an election she's not even assured of winning? Sige, manalo siya, very good. Eh kung matalo ulit siya? "Leni was too good for the Philippines" nanaman?