JEFF CHILDERS<\/p>\n
Something weird has gone wrong with the narrative. Yesterday, I reported an unexpected, even if half-hearted, defense of Twitter\/X and free speech appearing in the weekend\u2019s Economist. Now it has happened again. Yesterday, the Washington Post\u2019s full editorial board ran its op-ed under the unlikely headline, \u201cIn this free speech fight, Musk\u2019s X has marked the right position.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nMy best guess is the polls show strong support for Elon in his battle with Brazil\u2019s unhinged Supreme Court and its villainous, Darth Vader-like mouthpiece, Alexandre de Moraes. So instead of attacking Musk this time, they\u2019re siding with him. Consider this astonishing paragraph from WaPo\u2019s editorial board:<\/p>\n
In contrast with the Economist\u2019s weak defense, the WaPo didn\u2019t mince its words. It even agreed, and I am not making this up, Elon has the right to speak his own mind:<\/p>\n
WaPo may someday regret admitting Elon has the right to speak his own mind. But how could this happen? Maybe it\u2019s because Brazilians seem to be ignoring Justice Moraes\u2019s recent Twitter ban. Despite the threat of apocalyptic $10K\/day fines, X remains the top downloaded app on the Brazilian app store. If most Brazilians defy their Supreme Court, as Musk has done, the lawfare system will fail as a practical matter, and the court will lose its authority.<\/p>\n
After all, de Moraes can\u2019t lock them all up for tweeting.<\/p>\n
Maybe de Moraes went too far? True, banning all Twitter posts in Brazil with a single judicial order is much more economical than censoring them one by one. But was it a stretch too far, even for the Washington Post? Have the narrative spinners declared defeat, retreating to fight again another day? Is Constitutional common sense winning the day? (Haha, not likely, I know.)<\/p>\n
What do you think caused all this unexpected Elon support?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JEFF CHILDERS Something weird has gone wrong with the narrative. Yesterday, I reported an unexpected, even if half-hearted, defense of Twitter\/X and free speech appearing in the weekend\u2019s Economist. Now it has happened again. Yesterday, the Washington Post\u2019s full editorial … Continue reading