<p>Critics of the government were called terrorists. (Even Taylor Swift called for the Junk Anti-Terror Bill.)</p><p>I was in highschool when we had the authoritarian Duterte as our leader. I participated in protests as an artist for human rights.</p><p>We had things worse: Duterte declared Martial Law, and implemented War on Drugs which resulted in many unjust extrajudicial killings. A relative and acquaintances of mine were victims. </p><p>We also had bomb threats in school campuses.</p>