Elon Musk is a gas lighter and his takeover attempt has nothing to do with free speech. Judge people by what they do, not just what they say. In the last few years, Musk and his companies have:<p>Asked China to censor social media criticism: <a href="https://amp.interestingengineering.com/tesla-asked-china-censor-social-media" rel="nofollow">https://amp.interestingengineering.com/tesla-asked-china-cen...</a><p>Doxed Tesla critics and tried to get them fired, complained to their bosses, and sued them: <a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/47461-elon-musk-responds-to-controversy-over-tesla-critic-montana-skeptic" rel="nofollow">https://www.inverse.com/article/47461-elon-musk-responds-to-...</a><p><a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/randeep-hothi-the-indian-american-who-sued-elon-musk-101611929119927.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/randeep-hothi-the-...</a><p>Paid private investigators to dig up dirt on people who criticized him: <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-unsworth-pedo-guy-deposition-private-investigator" rel="nofollow">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-unswo...</a><p>Placed dangerous features behind NDAs: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-fsd-beta-nda-full-self-driving-2021-9" rel="nofollow">https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-fsd-beta-nda...</a><p>Fired people who posted accurate depictions of their products: <a href="https://teslanorth.com/2022/03/16/tesla-fires-employee-behind-ai-addict-youtube-channel-and-fsd-videos/" rel="nofollow">https://teslanorth.com/2022/03/16/tesla-fires-employee-behin...</a><p>And swatted, harassed, and sued several whistleblowers: <a href="https://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-tried-to-destroy-a-whistleblower-spies-on-em-1833264505" rel="nofollow">https://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-tried-to-destroy-a-whistleblo...</a><p>This takeover has nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with controlling the public narrative. Elon is a masterful troll and manipulator of public perception, but behind the scenes is not pretty.