COMMENT | Malaysians are angry. Malaysians are desperate. Malaysians are compassionate.

Even as their government fails them on all sides, Malaysians keep finding more and more ways to help one another get through this Covid-19 nightmare.

The white flag campaign is the latest initiative that seems to have caught fire.

It likely resonated as an easy, effective way to get help to those who need it the most.

A day or so after it was launched, Local Government and Housing Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin tried to jump on the bandwagon and expressed support for the campaign.

She was met with furious backlash, with netizens tearing her apart online.

Their main contention was, if the government did the job it was supposed to be doing, there would be no need for the campaign...