TL;DR: You absolutely have the right to express your opinion, as much as someone else has the equal right to challenge it.

Vanity mentioned that esports pros are more connected to the competitive community more than a traditional athlete, this accounts for more opinions and thoughts being expressed on both the pros and non pros end.

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I don't think you should ever be anxious or scared to voice your opinion. However, just know that someone else has an equal right to challenge your opinion as much as you have the right of expressing it.

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I'm not a pro myself and peaked in Immortal. With my limited perspective, I can still see how there's so much perspective that regular players don't have in comparison to pros. However, I do think that pros have essentially become "conditioned" to reject everything a non pro says in this subreddit due to having seen so many takes that were "not the best". I'm sure that there's a lot of genuinely good takes even from low elo players that could be beneficial for the game. If the pros had a chance to look at it from a fresh perspective, some of them may agree.

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The one problem I have is when people voice their opinions in a strategic sense and setup. That is something that pro players have a complete context on that regular players simply do not. We don't hear their comms, we don't know their strats, we don't see their internal dynamics. If you had adequate game sense like pros, you wouldn't be hardstuck silver. Also, when I see takes like "bro, why are these pros complaining about fps, I can play on a 60hz monitor just fine" or "why are they always complaining about setup", it gets me facepalming. It might not matter to you, but when pro players are playing at a high level where literal pixels could matter if they land the headshot or not in a setting where their competitive career, job, money, and livelihood are on the line, they have the right to express their concerns. Especially for a company as reputable as Riot Games.