‘MARAMI ANG TAHASANG NAGBABANTA NA AKO DAW ANG SUSUNOD’
Kinondena ni Sen. Risa Hontiveros ang umano'y pagdagsa ng death threats at mga komentong naghihikayat ng pagpatay online kasunod ng pagkamatay ng political vlogger na si Mima Alicia.
Ayon kay Hontiveros, may mga nagdiwang pa sa pagkamatay ni Alicia. Mayroon din nagbantang “susunod” na raw ang senadora.
Isinumite na ng kampo ni Sen. Risa sa National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) ang mga pangalan at screenshot ng daan-daang Facebook users na umano'y nagbanta sa kaniyang buhay.
Nanawagan si Hontiveros sa mga social media platform at law enforcement agencies na kumilos laban sa kultura ng impunity online.
“We cannot allow such hatred to cost another life. We are better than this,” ani Hontiveros.
There is something deeply troubling about a society that is quick to demand the harshest punishment for children, while celebrating convicted plunderers, tolerating corruption, and rewarding leaders who normalize violence.
Young people do not grow up in a vacuum. They learn from the values we model, the behavior we reward, and the systems we build around them. Violence rarely begins at the moment it becomes visible. It is often preceded by bullying, social isolation, neglect, untreated trauma, and countless missed opportunities for intervention.
If we want children to reject violence, then we must also be willing to examine the ways our society excuses, glorifies, and profits from it. We cannot celebrate violence among adults and expect young people to learn a different lesson.
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