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You should be able to say whatever you want - I support that. Does that mean I have to let you into my house, or show you the text messages between me and my wife.

There is zero overlap here - you are conflating 2 completely distinct issues.

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You’re the one conflating issues. No one said anything about forcing people to divulge their private messages. The difference here is that this leaked source code can no longer be considered private after the moment it leaks to the general public. Don’t want your proprietary code leaking? Make better hiring decisions and implement better technical safeguards against it. Just because you fail to secure your code shouldn’t give you the legal power to dox everyone who viewed it on a public repository and seize their machines in an attempt to claw back the code.

you just explained why its not particularly wise or desirable to be a "absolutist" about anything and Musk either doesn't know what that word means or is an example of a performative contradiction.

"say whatever you want" does indeed include talking about your private messages, if you have access to them like Musk may with private DMs, and if that is what you want. You may want to reflect on the meaning and implications of your words.

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