I FIND the tug of war between the military, on the one hand, and activist group Gabriela and some netizens, on the other, over the public statements made by actress Liza Soberano and Miss Universe Catriona Gray ludicrous if not pathetic.

The two young ladies were just exercising their constitutional right to free expression — Soberano on women’s rights and Gray on the shutdown of ABS-CBN — and that has become a cause célebré.

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