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For being such a huge proponent of free speech he sure seems to hate it when people talk.

• Geee 4y ago
  That's not how free speech works. Right to speech freely doesn't give you magical protection from consequences of your speech.
  • Broken_Hippo 4y ago
    "Right to speech freely doesn't give you magical protection from consequences of your speech." You are correct. Money and power does it, though. Your boss won't get fired for talking badly about you, in general, but you can get fired for talking badly about your boss.
    • dionidium 4y ago
      Yes, it's literally and explicitly a hierarchy.
      • guerrilla 4y ago
        Which is pretty illiberal.
  • stillbourne 4y ago
    Oh I absolutely agree, you can view my comment history if you don't believe me. But that is not how Musk has framed his support for free speech in the past. Musk has made it clear that he is "anti-moderation", the case of things like banning Trump from social media with the reasoning that moderation is not free speech. But this kind of behavior is de facto retaliatory employee censorship. You can't have your cake and eat it too, you are either pro free speech or not.
  • huhwat 4y ago
    No, but some speech is protected from consequences. Discussing working conditions is protected speech.