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His conception of free speech is that he should be able to say whatever he wants with no consequences. It doesn't go beyond that, he doesn't want other people t
by sumeno 3y ago
His conception of free speech is that he should be able to say whatever he wants with no consequences. It doesn't go beyond that, he doesn't want other people to be able to say whatever they want with no consequences unless they're saying nice things about him.
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoI am sure Musk has lot but issues but he has repeatedly said and acted like he is fine with consequences of his speech. Like he is fine with advertisers leaving twitter/X[1] for his speech. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK91Ji6GCZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK91Ji6GCZ8
- BHSPitMonkey 3y ago1. The advertisers didn't leave Twitter (in the instance being discussed there) because of Musk's speech, they left because it was pointed out that their ads were being displayed amongst tweets containing hate speech. 2. That interview is not him acting "fine" with those advertisers leaving; it's him emotionally lashing out in anger at them for doing so.
- mlindner 3y ago1. This is factually false. They're not being displayed amongst tweets containing hate speech. (The reporting group basically reverse engineered Twitter's protocol to force an ad to appear next to a hate speech comment.)
- maxbond 3y agoHe's said so sure, but I don't think he's acted like it. He's frequently sued people or threatened to sue them for criticizing his speech (criticism being a consequence of speaking). He's recently embarked on just such a lawsuit against Media Matters, in connection with the affair you reference. He threatened to sue Vernon Unsworth for calling his rescue sub idea a publicity stunt, when asked directly about it in an interview. You can think whatever you will about Media Matter's reporting and Unsworth's analysis, but I don't think that's accepting the consequences of his speech. To me that seems like trying to intimidate people who criticize you.
- LargeTomato 3y agoHe's pouting, lashing out in anger, flipping people off, etc. He's not acting like he's done with the consequences. It seems like the consequences make him rather upset to the point he acts out.