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When did defending free speech become the controversial position?

Elon Musk just dropped the most important litmus test for freedom you’ll hear all year:

09 December 2025 · 00:37 UTC

“You can tell the good side from the bad side by who wants to restrict freedom of speech. The side that censors? That’s the Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini playbook. Censorship + big government = fascism. Ideas should win because they’re stronger—not because the others are silenced.”

Dead serious: the EU itself wrote this into law.

Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights literally guarantees freedom of expression and information. That’s not “extremist.” That’s official European scripture.