Wasn’t one of the first things he did to let Kanye back on the platform “for free speech” then immediately ban him again for posting a Swastika (which is clearly protected by free speech?)

Seems to me like you’re just taking a known liar’s words at face value.

It’s no free speech, it’s just elon-style censorship. Somehow calling out his private jet trips is no longer free speech, right?

Did he allow free speech or did he make different, and more opaque, decisions about who to ban while laying off anyone who handles appeals.

Also being able to pay to make your speech more visible isn't what most people have in mind when they think of "free speech absolutism"

He hasn't "allowed free speech", he's just been more forgiving of some free speech and less forgiving of others, for political reasons. Actually, very free people want absolute free speech on a social media platform because we don't want 4chan, we want a place we can talk to friends and family.

> when he allowed free speech

Well, the fact that he said a whole bunch of things about free speech, and proceeded to walk all of them back in short order—while still claiming to be a staunch supporter of free speech—probably pissed off a lot of people.