Monday, April 18, 2022

Fear of a free speech planet

City Journal: "Musk Makes the Mask Slip - The Tesla CEO’s bid to buy Twitter has prompted many prominent figures to admit bluntly that they oppose free speech."
If Musk is trolling the humorless progressives who dominate our institutional and cultural heights, though, he has already achieved a coup. That Musk might buy Twitter has caused a meltdown among Twitter elites. “Today on Twitter feels like the last evening in a Berlin nightclub at the twilight of Weimar Germany,” wrote one blue check. “[This] could result in World War 3 and the destruction of our planet,” exclaimed another. Robert Reich has equated Musk to Vladimir Putin.

Musk has done more than simply induce liberal tears. He has caused a mask to slip. He has prompted many prominent figures to admit bluntly that they oppose free speech.
It's always been obvious to the conservative crowd.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

When they're not busy standing firm and tall for free speech now and free speech forever, "the conservative crowd" is loudly cheering Ron DeSantis' financial attack on Disney for failing to endorse his anti-gay laws.

But do go on about fundamental Republican principles vs. the slipped masks of hypocritical "Twitter elites."

The moral high ground is yours to take. You can secure it by reaffirming the eternal principle that government shouldn't be picking winners and losers in the marketplace.