Nah, that's a load of horsecrap. In a modern "democratic" society you can praise staunch leftist ideas (Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Tariq Ali) or very right ones (Ayn

Nah, that's a load of horsecrap. In a modern "democratic" society you can praise staunch leftist ideas (Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Tariq Ali) or very right ones (Ayn Rand, Roger Scruton, Milton Friedman) and be respected. Liu Cixin supports Uighur concentration camps and is widely popular. You can literally self-publish and sell almost anything on Amazon or similar sites. Very fringe opinions still find they readers and buyers. Of course if you start spilling vile racist, misogynistic and hateful slop you might get shamed. Rightfully. I grew up in a communist country and you have no idea about the censorship back then. And North Korea is way worse.