"What else can happen if art is a weapon as a leaflet is a weapon? If a work, however thin or inept as a piece of literary fabric, expresses ideas that seem to fit the correct political tactics of the time, it is a foregone conclusion that it will be reviewed warmly, if not enthusiastically. But if the work, no matter how rich in human insight, character portrayal and imagination, seems to imply 'wrong' political conclusions, then it will be indicted, severely mauled or beheaded--as the case may be."
--Albert Maltz, "What Shall We Ask of Writers?," 1946

Reminds me of the character Balph Eubank from Atlas Shrugged.