In modern politics, there is no room for nuance. Everything has to be either all good or all bad.

It’s understandable, I suppose, and even helpful when you're trying to draw a contrast between yourself and an opponent in an election. But that black-and-white electoral mentality has moved into every aspect of politics, with the parties elevating or demonizing people for the most superficial reasons. Usually, the truth is somewhere in between.

The most stark and recent example is Elon Musk. Depending on where you get your news, odds are high you either think he’s the greatest champion for conservatives online or the greatest evil currently in the world. The truth, as it always the case, lies somewhere between those two extremes.

The progressive left used to love Musk. No one has done more to advance the idea of electric vehicles and even solar power. The Tesla Powerwall was created to make homes more like his cars, and to take them off the coal-fired power grid.

Musk is also a man of the left, having voted for and donated to Democrats his whole life.

However, on the issue of freedom of free speech, Musk differs from modern leftist orthodoxy. He actually supports freedom of speech for........

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