In class, we were tasked to read out the people’s comments and reactions in regarding to the articles posted which were about the extension of Martial Law here in Mindanao. As can widely be seen, it has indeed become a norm for people especially in social media to insult people when they express their own thoughts and opinions. Most people who commented and reacted were from Luzon and were not affected by the implemented Martial Law. That being said, the people from Mindanao felt ridiculed because they are the ones being affected and not the people of Luzon.
One of the striking comments that I’ve read there is that
the term Martial Law has a bad image because of what has happened in the past
because of Marcos. While the Martial Law of Pres. Digong is far different than
that but since it carries the term of Martial Law, people would automatically
associate it with the Marcos’ Martial Law.
Most people of Luzon claimed that they disliked the
extension of Martial Law because it showed prevalent violence instead of welfare
while most people of Mindanao liked Martial Law because it gives them the
assurance of security and leading to less violence, such as killing, kidnapping,
etc.
Instead of learning from the opinions of others and
listening to them genuinely, most people with different thoughts would
automatically contradict them and they would express their opinions as well and
they make sure about that by insulting the person rather than truly making a
point.
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