He is batshit. He is also smart and has accomplished some impressive things. The two are not incompatible.
That's common human behavior.
> False accusations of pedophilia against people he doesn’t know?
Against a single person who had just called him "insane" on TV. Not nuts at all.
> Free speech absolutist who gleefully bans speech?
Not all speech is free speech - you cannot advocate for hits on people, for example. Besides, it's perfectly legal to censor speech on his platform. Not nuts at all. Musk has made no attempt to suppress speech on Bluesky, Facebook, Reddit, Tiktok, etc.
> Corporate acquirer who accidentally fires key people
That's not how it worked. Twitter was losing money at an astonishing rate, and he had to cut expenses immediately. It is the fastest way to determine who was actually needed and who wasn't. Then hire back the ones who were actually needed.
> makes the exact same mistake as a coup leader?
It's the only way to do it when time is critical. It's also the only way when the agencies are doing everything possible to not cooperate with DOGE.
There's been no coup. Trump was lawfully elected.
Do you ever stop and think it’s an amazing coincidence that every criticism of Musk is totally unfair?
For example, where was the disgust at the person who publicly called Musk insane first? A fair criticism would have included that. A fair person would also be aware that there is not a single person on the planet who has not called someone else a nasty name.
Actually it just came out yesterday he did try to suppress free speech on Reddit.
This is false if "etc." includes Wikipedia, on which Musk has attempted to suppress speech critical of him [1].
[1]: https://theweek.com/media/elon-musk-wikipedia-controversy
He did denounce Wikipedia, and called for people to not support it. That's not an attack on free speech.