The EU Commissioner Who Demanded That Elon Musk Censor Speech or Be Arrested Has Been Forced to Resign

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with his decision to force Europe's censorship regime on American speakers, or if this is just the usual knife-fight-in-a-telephone- booth that Marxist authoritarians are always engaged in.

Maybe a little of both.

VodkaPundit:

Thierry Breton, the European Union commissioner who tried to bully Elon Musk into banishing free speech from Twitter/X, resigned in shame from his post today and liberty lovers everywhere should rejoice.

Breton, who truly deserves a spot on this long-dormant blog, quit in an open letter where he accused European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of plotting against him. "You asked France to withdraw my name -- for personal reasons that in no instance you have discussed directly with me -- and offered, as a political trade-off, an allegedly more influential portfolio for France in the future College," he wrote.

According to Deadline, Breton has been "at odds with von der Leyen [since] August when he sent a letter to Musk, urging him to ensure that X adhered to EU regulations and moderated content."

In response, Musk told Breton to back-off with an expletive-laden meme on X, taken from the satirical action thriller Tropic Thunder.

The European Commission would not comment on the insult, but a spokesperson stated that "the timing and wording" of Breton's letter to Musk had not been coordinated with von der Leyen or other commissioners, in a response that was seen as a rebuke to the commissioner.

Translation: Breton embarrassed Brussels and had to be sidelined.

Had Musk caved, Breton would still be hard at work, determining what is "safe" for people to be allowed to read in Europe -- and even in this country.

VodkaPundit then turns to wondering about the last major innovations that came out of Europe, and wonders if the lack of such innovations may be connected to its Atheist Jihadist views on heretical thoughts.

posted by Ace at 03:33 PM

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