Thank you for elaborating.
Freedom of speech on Steem is basically guaranteed though. No one can stop anyone to post or remove posts on the blockchain even if the content is illegal. If you are seeking to unearth truth/controversial stuff isn't being uncensorable way more important than monetary compensation?
!dramatoken
many of the front ends though have the habit (steemit) to grey out flagged posts or not even show them at all (dmania). additionally people are not paid for their creation value. steem is supposed to be paying its creators for their creating value. if political content is demonetized then steem is no better than youtube.