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Free speech absolutist not so tough when he and his are scared

• cmsj 4y ago
  Cut a free speech absolutist and a censorious fascist bleeds.
  • mcv 4y ago
    Nobody is a true free speech absolutist; and Musk least of all[0]. There are always limits to speech. Things like libel, threats, blackmail, etc are also speech, and yet banned or restricted in some way. Social media are doing a lot of work exploring the edge cases of these, and it's possible laws need to be updated to account for the results. [0] Years ago Musk cancelled a Tesla order from a critic. On Twitter, it didn't take him long to ban a lot of satirical accounts.
    • cmsj 4y ago
      I agree with you, but I believe it is the case that Elon has previously described himself as a free speech absolutist, so this whole episode is exhibit 487 in the case for Elon having no idea what he's talking about.
      • mcv 4y ago
        He did, and it's both impossible and blatantly untrue. I just thought I should make that explicit. It wasn't meant as disagreement.