Apparently telling the truth, if that truth does not conform to that which the powers that be wish to be known, is unacceptable.
I don’t agree 100% with tin this article he examples and instances but there is enough truth in it to merit your reading.
“Let us not in this present historical period replicate our sins of the past. Let us affirm our faith by affirming our defiance, our willingness to engage in the acts of sustained civil disobedience against the forces of radical evil. Let future generations say of us that we tried, that we were not complicit through our collaboration or our silence. There will be a cost. History shows us that. All moral battles have a cost, and if there is not a cost then the battle is not moral. Accept becoming an outcast.”