In his crusade to see Twitter and Facebook remove homophobic material from their platforms, Elton John deserves scorn and repudiation. While homophobic material is indeed deeply offensive to most individuals, restricting freedom of speech is far more individually and socially offensive.

Still, the British singer at least deserves credit for his honesty. Elton John, who has made hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to his talents of free expression, was last week asked the following by the BBC’s Kirsty Wark.