Elon being Elon is familiar -- so familiar that it's no longer even particularly grotesque. But Elon fans tying themselves in knots trying to explain how WELL ACTUALLY all of this is PERFECTLY CONSISTENT with free speech absolutism he promised . . . . well, that's showing some new lows in groveling and abasement.
@Popehat What I don't get is *why* people try to defend the indefensible? I mean, what's the gain of doing so? If there's none, why do it. At least with the GQP office-holders and hangers-on, the potential gain is getting voter-support to further political aspirations or office-holders' desire to hire or do business with you. But the kind of people who are kissing Elon's ass?

@ferricoxide @Popehat

Don't you think there's some disinformation value to the 5-D Chess canard?

Even if by some (tiny) chance Elon himself doesn't believe it, his Brownshirts certainly do. And keeping people marinating in a Fourth Reich environment definitely impacts the Overton Window.