@[email protected] Musk says that "freedom of speech is a bedrock of a strong democracy and must take precedence," and, as a result, he would support Ron DeSantis for president in 2024.

There is no current elected official that is more hostile to freedom of speech than Ron DeSantis.

Full stop.

For example, DeSantis championed the "Stop WOKE Act" which prohibits certain conversations about race at pubic universities AND private businesses

A Florida judge struck down the law quoting 1984 and calling it "positively dystopian"

“If Florida truly believes we live in a post-racial society, then let it make its case,” the judge wrote. “But it cannot win the argument by muzzling its opponents.”

Of all possible candidates, THIS is the person that Musk asserts values freedom of speech.

In the wake of the George Floyd protests in 2020, DeSantis championed an anti-protest bill that said if you participated in a protest where 3 or more OTHER PEOPLE engaged in unlawful activity, you could be charged with a crime.

That law was also struck down by a federal judge.

More famously, DeSantis championed the "Don't Say Gay" law which prohibits K-3 teachers from acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people.

Such discussions are banned in all grades if someone deems them not "age-appropriate"

If Musk wants to support DeSantis that is his right.

But it is not evidence that Musk values freedom of speech.

It's evidence that he doesn't care about it or hasn't bothered to think about it

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If I was a pizzagate conspiracy theorist or an election denier that flattered Musk, he would probably reply to this thread, helping me grow my audience

But since this thread is critical of Musk, he's not interested.