Thai citizen here. I've always seen the lese majeste laws as immoral, but unfortunately talking about the monarchy in any negative way is so taboo that many are

Thai citizen here. I've always seen the lese majeste laws as immoral, but unfortunately talking about the monarchy in any negative way is so taboo that many are not willing to do it publicly for fear of being penalized severely. Anecdotally, public opinion of Rama X is lower than Rama IX. The latter was, objectively speaking, very prolific in the arts and sciences. The former, well, for one, spends excessive time abroad and has gotten into a number of controversies. It's definitely got more people questioning the lese majeste laws.