Farmers Elicit Reactions Online Throwing Tons of Unsold Cabbage
Several farmers throwing tons of unsold cabbage circulated online and garnered various reactions from the netizens.
Recently, the Facebook page “Rural Rising Philippines” shared a video footage of several farmers throwing around six tons of unsold cabbage. The post immediately spread like wildfire on social media.
In the video, farmers can be seen throwing away tons of cabbages that remained unsold. They appear dismayed as they do so, expressing their reluctance to dispose their crops.
The admin of the page points out the hurtful comments criticizing the farmers, such as calling them “stupid” or “foolish.” The admin also called out a vlogger for spreading negativity and emphasized the importance of spreading positivity instead.
The admin passionately defended the farmers, reminding everyone that they do not understand the struggles these farmers face. Deleting hurtful comments from the post, the admin urged commenters to be more empathetic and refrain from judgment.
The page admin also warned against similar hurtful comments in the future, promising to expose them publicly next time.
In a previous post, farmers air frustration after unidentified suspects burned newly-harvest corns
Here is the full post:
“one of our posts, yung cabbage farmers who were forced to throw aways 6 tons of cabbages. Okay lang po yung magsabing “Sayang” or “Grabe” pero to say things about our farmers like tanga sila, bobo sila, unggoy sila. Unggoy? Hindi po sila unggoy. Yung isa sa inyo vlogger pa, sana positivity lang, people react to positivity not hate. It makes me angry. Hindi po natin alam ang pinagdadaanan ng ating mg kapwa, ng ating mga farmers, it does not help to judge. Sinuyod ko talaga, through hundreds of comments to delete the worst and most hurtful. Hindi lang tatlo, almost a dozen. Hindi ko dapat takpan mga faces and identities ninyo kasi you commented naman in public, but I will. You won’t want other members or followers to say hurtful things to you. Next time po ha? Next time I shall share everything and believe me po, the taste of your own medicine will be very bitter.”
The social media users expressed their reactions to the video:
