It's never been about freedom of speech.

All along it's been about toxic assholes feeling entitled to an audience for their bullshit.

It's the same logic that led various asshats to claim that I was attacking free speech when I left twitter for mastodon.

So I didn't have it quite right, as @sterlingericsson noted.

The reason for allowing mutes but eliminating blocks is not to force me to read other people's bullshit, but rather to allow them to attack me for my views, beliefs, and — probably most importantly to Musk — for my very identity.