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Musk is neck and neck with Trump when it comes to aggressive ignorance.

Elon, you have no idea what the hell you're talking about
Elon Musk is embarrassing himself on the global stage again by proudly bruiting a grade-school level of familiarity with the immensely complex concepts of free speech, censorship, rights and privileges of individuals and government authorities.

The fact that this aggressively ignorant person is likely to take over one of the largest communication platforms on Earth should scare the shit out of you.

Here is what the richest man in the world said earlier today, on the platform he intends to acquire:

By 'free speech,' I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people.

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These statements are so fundamentally wrong — factually, ethically, practically, and in every other way, that I hardly know where to begin.

For one thing, he might want to look at the most elementary descriptions of what constitutes free speech and censorship. Censorship is when state authorities limit the speech of the people under their power.

Free speech is the guarantee that no action defined as speech is illegal outside a few harmful examples, like hate speech, harassment and other special cases (under constant negotiation) that we as a society have decided constitute crimes.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-no-idea-hell-youre-224556783.html