European crackdown on X and free speech deserves utter derision

When it conflicts with his own interests, X CEO Elon Musk’s crusade for free speech sometimes runs into trouble.

Still, Musk at least deserves credit for earning the ire of European authoritarians seeking to apply European speech laws against American social media companies and their American users. Musk is foolish to repost the racist thug Tommy Robinson. The question is whether he should be prosecuted for that choice or others like it. I say he should not be. Many English and European Union politicians, journalists, and commentators say otherwise.