I choose sides. I am not neutral. I am biased toward the truth, justice and freedom. But not everyone is vocal. Being quiet or neutral on subjects outside your niche or personal brand is also a choice. In my 14 years of blogging, I have met social media users who would rather stay silent for various reasons, but I don’t begrudge them. There are ways to influence others to make a stand or help in a cause without calling them out in public.

Two popular celebrities demanded their fellow actors to issue a statement over the denial to grant ABS-CBN a new congressional franchise. “To be neutral or silent in times of injustice is injustice,” GMA Kapuso actress Jennylyn Mercado tweeted. An indignant Angel Locsin, an ABS-CBN actress, called on fellow artists to speak out on the network’s shutdown. On her Instagram Story post, Locsin wrote: “No one asked you to go to a rally.