The battle between the Right and the Left isn't about "free speech or not": the battle is about who gets to control the censorship. How do I know?

The Elon Musk, Twatter circus has given me lots of opportunity to perform an experiment on Righties: "Hey, I hear you want a free speech platform-- I know of this great website called 'Gab', you should check it out. It's quite literally the best case scenario of what you want, and it already exists! You can go sign up for an account, right now."

One hundred percent of the time so far, I've either gotten nervous mumbles, weird excuse making, or word barf that's indistinguishable from the Left: "But, muh Jews! And people... say racist things!" My next message goes something like, "That's ok, you can go there and start a pro-Israel group! That's the beauty! No one will stop you. It also has a robust mute feature."

Crickets. That's where the conversation dies. I haven't yet gotten a reply beyond this point.

None of this surprises me. Many years ago I had a small handful of "Conservatives" that used to get upset and confront me because I would write principled, logically consistent things on this blog. They've all since long stopped reading-- in other words, if you're reading this, I'm not referring to you. That was when I realized that most people on the Right are not serious about liberal values: they say they are, but they are just as authoritarian as the Lefties.

By and large, the difference between the Right and the Left are mere quibbling about certain values. And even then there is a lot of overlap. That's why Republicans get into office, and usually do the same things the Democrats do. The Right doesn't want a free speech platform-- they want a Twatter that they control.