The reaction to what Mads said was normal, he was bit too vocal and got a tiny money penalty from FIA and a big reminder not to be that vocal again.

The reaction to the FIA penalty here and elsewhere was anything but normal...... "omg end of free speech", "huge penalty", "they don't want emotions"...etc.

What followed was explaining why FIA had to do something at all and not just let it pass to all those "OMG" people.