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Elon Musk’s Wild Week in the Name of Free Speech

It’s not OK to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. But what about tweeting “civil war” during a moment of U.K. unrest on your social-media platform X?

That’s the question for Elon Musk this past week.

The chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX has fashioned himself as something of a modern day Larry Flynt: a rich guy willing to spend his own fortune as a defender of free speech even if it is offensive to many.

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