Trump is to be reinstated on Twitter. That is the right result in terms of free speech, but hardly the right reason. Free speech should not depend on one's popularity. foxnews.com/politics/elon-… if Trump received 2 % fewer votes? Would his speech remain 100% banned on Twitter?
...Having fun with free speech is hardly harmless when it is someone else's free speech that is the prize. It has nothing to do with Trump. It is the notion that someone's right to speak is treated as a prize for a plebiscite...
...Ironically, "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" can be traced to Alcuin's letter to Charlemagne in 798 as a part of a warning not to yield to mob will since "the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness"...
...For free speech advocates, the meaning is more positive but Vox Populi is only discernible with all are afforded equal right to speak. Rather than stand behind a poll, Musk could have stood on principle...
...Once again, many of us are grateful that Musk bought Twitter and has moved to end its censorship culture. However, we do not need free speech rights to protect popular speech or popular speakers. The test is allowing such speech when it has few supporters or favorable polls.
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