In the surreal world of Philippine politics, where irony thrives like mold on damp walls, the House of Representatives’ contempt charges against SMNI News talents Lorraine Badoy and Ka Eric have ignited cries of “suppression of free speech.” Oh, the melodrama! The air is thick with self-righteous indignation, as if the very essence of free speech is being squeezed out of the room.

Yet, in this bizarro universe, the supposed victims find themselves in detention quarters that are curiously well-documented and freely splashed across social and news media. It’s a suppression so effective that it comes with a hashtag and a selfie. SMNI’s attorney, armed with a smartphone and an unshakeable sense of irony, becomes a fearless chronicler of this supposed oppression, with no gag order in sight.

In a land where contradiction reigns supreme, the cries of stifled speech are drowned out by the cacophony of freely shared detention selfies and unabashed criticism. It seems in this theater of the absurd, irony is the only currency that never loses its value.