But, and this is a big but, Musk specifically used this account as an example of his commitment to free speech.
So if Elon Musk gets splashback on this, there's no one to blame but Elon Musk.
So here is a policy that everyone agrees with and increases safety on the platform. And they are not happy. It's such a funny situation.
It really demonstrates how tribal everything is. No one deals with individual events and circumstances. If you look at all the comments, there is a finite number of ways to evaluate this situation...and its seems like no one evaluates it critically. You could predict what each person will say. In fact, maybe I will try this in ChatGPT.
Content moderation and free speech are not mutually exclusive. Absolute free speech is not the only kind of free speech, nor is the definition of "free speech" the same globally.
> So here is a policy that everyone agrees with and increases safety on the platform. And they are not happy. It's such a funny situation.
Not upset, just confused that a free speech absolutist is banning people for exercising the version of free speech that he claims to be protecting.