No one is lauding him as a saint. It's an objection to likening the murder of Cicero to censorship by the state. Cicero was killed because Antony had a persona

No one is lauding him as a saint. It's an objection to likening the murder of Cicero to censorship by the state. Cicero was killed because Antony had a personal vendetta against Cicero. Antony's political partner, Octavian, had a good relationship with Cicero and even looked on him as a father figure. Giving him up to Antony was a compromise he was very unhappy to make (but Antony was not flexible on this demand). Cicero, if anything, is an example of how one can be loud and open with their thoughts and actually get along well with political leaders (and he got on well with Caesar as well, supposedly). His murder is primarily indicative of Antony's pride.