On the Blocked and Reported podcast, which often is a frivolous show but I enjoy when they discuss something frivolous of interest to me, cohost Katie Herzog brought up 2 great points about Elon's free speech absolutism:
1) He's a free speech absolutist, unless you criticize him (See: threatened suspension of Twitter accounts impersonati…
On the Blocked and Reported podcast, which often is a frivolous show but I enjoy when they discuss something frivolous of interest to me, cohost Katie Herzog brought up 2 great points about Elon's free speech absolutism:
1) He's a free speech absolutist, unless you criticize him (See: threatened suspension of Twitter accounts impersonating and satirically mocking him; Twitter employees fired after publicly and privately questioning his "vision" for the company and his management style)
2) He's a free speech absolutist unless you personally offend him (See: his refusal to reinstate Alex Jones because Musk himself tragically lost an infant, and he will not reinstate someone who said the things Jones has said about Sandy Hook).
As with many "principled" stands, often the principle gets flushed down the toilet once it conflicts with the interests of the one proclaiming it, and Musk is nothing if not one of the most clever rationalizers of our species.
On the Blocked and Reported podcast, which often is a frivolous show but I enjoy when they discuss something frivolous of interest to me, cohost Katie Herzog brought up 2 great points about Elon's free speech absolutism:
1) He's a free speech absolutist, unless you criticize him (See: threatened suspension of Twitter accounts impersonating and satirically mocking him; Twitter employees fired after publicly and privately questioning his "vision" for the company and his management style)
2) He's a free speech absolutist unless you personally offend him (See: his refusal to reinstate Alex Jones because Musk himself tragically lost an infant, and he will not reinstate someone who said the things Jones has said about Sandy Hook).
As with many "principled" stands, often the principle gets flushed down the toilet once it conflicts with the interests of the one proclaiming it, and Musk is nothing if not one of the most clever rationalizers of our species.