Tuesday, 13 January 2026

How “Free Speech” became a Right wing thing… | Konstantin and Elon

Konstantin Kisin of Triggernometry podcast, talks to ex Aussie Deputy PM John Anderson.

Quoted above by Elon Musk.

Remember when Elon bought Twitter and turned it into X? October 2022. 

At the time, the Left went crazy. Melted down in anger. They also predicted that Elon would fail. They tried everything to make him fail. Like calling for advertiser boycotts. To which Elon once famously responded, on a stage with Andrew Ross Sorkin: "you think you can influence me with advertising. Fuck you!" 

I remember an old Leftie friend of mine asking me if I, like Elon, was a "free speech absolutist". This was said as a criticism. Being hard line for Free Speech was a Bad Thing, for her. She'd been told that by her reading of the headlines (and only the headlines, she proudly told me) from the Guardian. 

All that's happened to X since Elon bought it, is that it's become a lot better. Like, a whole lot, lot, better. More features, more openness. More people using it. Making more money than ever. Competitors on the Left, like Blue Sky, are failing. 

By Pew Polls X is the least biased social media platform. It is also the most widely read. And most used by people of real influence. Leaders, scientists, entrepreneurs, artists. And yes, even our lovely Social Justice Warriors!

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