Musk tweeted, Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.

And Turley writes, he says, in response to Elon Musk buying Twitter with a pledge to restore free speech

You can't have a free society if people aren't allowed to say what they think is true.

It is interesting how free speech has now become the threat to democracy and the threat to individuals

That's the same. The same is true for parts of the First Amendment. Many Americans still think that they have the freedom freedom of speech. Unfortunately, we're now divided where the Democratic Party doesn't believe that anymore and It's being challenged, right?

Yeah, that's a great question. So free speech, you know, obviously is protecting your ability to express your opinions. Think of kind of any controversy that might result in a dinner table debate. If it's politics or religion, for example, it's probably going to be free speech.

Because if we just hear of an event that day, we have also the right to spontaneous speech, we have the right to go out there and voice our opinion. And the Supreme Court actually ruled that the right to free speech also implies the right to be heard, which means that we have the right to amplification.

You're right never. Yeah, right. No, but I'm just saying I mean like, you know, there is a line that is crossed where We have to have some kind of regulation for sure, right? I don't I don't know. I haven't really honestly thought about the Extremely big topic of freedom of speech, you know, I mean like cuz I'm it is broad I mean it, you know, like you could go down so many rabbit holes, but if you're just sticking to you know, freedom of speech I believe everyone that has an opinion about something should be able to share that opinion on their page on Facebook you know or or Twitter or wherever it is and As long as it's not so crazy, you know, it's like I think that there Stands a you know a safeguard there.

Is it right that they have the freedom to only silence one political voice? And in doing so, in doing so, are they not exercising at that point a power that is more than they should have, even though they are a private company?

So the scripture's emphasis on the individual is translated politically into individual rights. And one of those rights that we cherish certainly as Americans is the right of free speech. But that right is constantly under attack, and it's under attack in particular in our own time by big tech.

Um, well I'd say that's a fair criticism, uh, but you know what, this is the best place for free speech you have anywhere on the planet and I will fight tooth and nail to make that point.

We all need to agree that ideas have consequences, that a healthy nation does not fear words or the clash of ideas. It welcomes it because the best ideas will lead to our flourishing as a people and as a society.

He has a specific product, and he wants to protect that product as best he can. And the product is a free speech platform, not just a Bill Mitchell approved whatever he thinks is not too vile speech platform.

How can you exercise worship of God if you don't have freedom of speech? If you don't have freedom to protect yourself, how are you going to protect your family and provide for them? If you can't, due process is another part of this.

said, in political terms, though mocked, I stand for religious liberty, not suppression of heretics, democracy

Activism is important. Now, I'm not necessarily saying that we need to, you know, be some of these crazy activists that do some crazy things, but we do need to be active. Because if you look at the First Amendment, there are five rights that are enumerated in the First Amendment, religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.

So you see this, the best instantiation of this, it's inevitable talk about him. So we might as well now is David French. Right. David French says it's a blessing of liberty, which by which he means this this ability to mitigate conflict and disorder.

I want the actual kind of free speech where we can make a distinction that says, you know what? The free speech that we were talking about is not about reviling Christ. It's not about ridiculing Christ.

You know this whole country, I mean the whole idea of free speech is that you have the ability to question the official explanations. Glenn Greenwald continues, Deimos noted how generous he and his comrades have been up until now.

So so I think the discussion one of the discussions that has to happen is whether or not the neutrality is a good idea. Of just saying that anyone No matter what you believe and who you are has equal access to um public spaces in this case and displaying their message.