Being a political dissident of any kind always involves risk of government repression.
I wasn't born yesterday.
But your take on this reflects the inherent conservatism of lawyers. If social change activists listened to lawyers, no social change would ever happen.
I live in the United States which is still a place with incredible room to say what you want to say.
If people think the situation is so fucking bad here, what's your excuse for sitting on your hands?
Chuck