Musk’s stated reason was that they were “doxxing” him and putting his family in danger by sharing real-time info speculating on the location of his private jet by looking at flight info, or linking to other sources that were sharing this info.

I can understand why many conservatives are reluctant to come to the defense of some of the worst bullies on Twitter, or rally around journalists who cheered on, defended, or ignored conservatives being banned and news being suppressed (most prominently the Hunter Biden story) under prior ownership. So these people are the most unsympathetic characters ever.

But as hypocritical as it may be for leftist journalists to whine about arbitrary Twitter suspensions, what Musk is doing here is also hypocritical. The true test of whether somebody is an actual champion of open speech is not whether he allows speech he’s more sympathetic to but if he allows speech he finds disagreeable. And so far, Musk is failing that test.

[I had some similar thoughts earlier. — Ed]