There are at least three actual possibilities there:
1. People afraid of being tracked down and prosecuted because someone used their exit node for criminal behavior
2. People concerned about limiting criminal behavior
3. People who want to stop free speech
Assuming #3 seems like a stretch even if it is easy to conclude that people pushing for constraints on free speech for the sake of limiting criminal behavior under-appreciate the vital importance of vigorous anonymous public discourse, even in countries without dictators.
>1. People afraid of being tracked down and prosecuted because someone used
their exit node for criminal behavior
Again, Flash Proxy is not an exit node, it's a bridge. It merely helps people
to access the Tor network, and does not relay traffic back out (which, as far
as I know, is not even technically possible). There's zero risks involved.
Also, why are you not running at least a relay, anyways?
>2. People concerned about limiting criminal behavior
Limiting criminal behavior is fine, but never at the cost of essential
liberties and rights. This is inarguable. People rallying against Tor for
"criminal behavior" are the very same people we need Tor to protect ourselves
against.
>3. People who want to stop free speech
I you[1] are such a person, I hate you and you more than deserve to have your
browser turned into a powerful weapon of the very thing you want to stop.
[1] This is the general you, I'm not talking to the parent poster specifically.
1. People afraid of being tracked down and prosecuted because someone used their exit node for criminal behavior
2. People concerned about limiting criminal behavior
3. People who want to stop free speech
Assuming #3 seems like a stretch even if it is easy to conclude that people pushing for constraints on free speech for the sake of limiting criminal behavior under-appreciate the vital importance of vigorous anonymous public discourse, even in countries without dictators.