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I'm a huge fan of artistic freedom, and it allowed works like Piss Christ and The Devils to exist, albeit not without scandal. The latter has yet to have an uncut print to this day.
That said, I also think everyone should be accountable for their actions. Alam mo naman na catholic country ito and that people react harshly (but not as extreme as Muslims) to slights towards their religious icons, but you still did it anyway. Mideo Cruz, Carlos Celdran, Dolphy when Father Jejemon came out, the girl who wrote "I can do all things through ME who strengthen ME", are just some people off the top of my head that drew flak for their actions. Although dressing Jesus in drag has never been done before and is arguably worse.
Gusto mo maging edgy, fine. But don't pretend to be a victim sabay taunt pa na "sige lang damihan nyo pa".
This is why I stopped making jokes about religion on social media. To be clear I'm not an atheist or being blasphemous, it's just that dark humor works when it offends. Ayun, offend it did. Dami ko friends and coworkers that ended up unfollowing and ignoring me or halatang may tension. It's not for me to say na mababaw sila. I had a choice to pick other jokes and I chose religion. I had a choice to set it to "Only Me" but I didn't. I take ownership for it and have no ill will. I just kept my jokes to private tweets moving forward.
