If The Left Hates Free Speech, It Must Be Good

I’m a free speech absolutist. I’ve heard the same about super-billionaire Elon Musk, the guy many of us hope succeeds in his bid to restore some semblance of free speech and open debate to Twitter. I don’t know what the term ultimately means for Musk inside his heart of hearts (although I can take an optimistic guess based on his statements so far), but I can unequivocally say what it means for me — ANY and ALL legal speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution should be allowed and uncensored on major public platforms.Obviously, this excludes illegal speech like incitement to violence, harassment, direct threats, defamation, child pornography, fraud, and the like. However, it should include many conversations and assertions of fact the majority of people would likely prefer not to be exposed to, …

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