Vice Ganda was certainly not attacking global fashion icon Heart Evangelista when the host-comedian remarked that there’s a school in Evangelista’s lugar (hometown) that is “bulok” (rotten).

Vice aired his frustration over the school’s poor condition during the 24 October episode of ABS-CBN’s It’s Showtime. Entertainment website PEP.ph reported on 26 October that the school in question was Bagacay Elementary School in Barcelona, Sorsogon, which Vice had visited some time ago. He revealed on It’s Showtime that the school had no reading materials and that some classrooms didn’t even have desks for students to sit on.

The host-comedian later clarified that it wasn’t just that Sorsogon school that was “bulok,” but many public schools across the country.

Speaking in Filipino, Vice ranted: “It is the duty of the government to construct proper schools all over the country. Our officials should keep building them. The public should not have to wait until corrupt officials and private contractors land in jail.

“And those mayors should stop thanking themselves on huge billboards for projects built with our taxes. We don’t owe them anything. Shame on them for plastering their names in bold letters on public works across barangays.”

It wasn’t Heart Evangelista that Vice was lambasting, but politicians and government officials. It just so happened that the school he helped by donating reading materials and renovating was located in Sorsogon — where Evangelista’s husband once served as governor.

Crude netizens should stop bashing Vice Ganda for his latest outburst.

People may continue bashing corrupt politicians and greedy contractors — they’ve long proven themselves insensitive, shameless, and impervious to criticism. They feel no pain, no shame, and certainly no guilt.

For those who cannot handle being bashed, it’s best not to engage in social media — or better yet, not to do anything that draws public attention.