Can I conclude that both of those positions are by and large rhetorical shams?
The week before he tweeted about "free speech absolutism" he canceled a dude's Tesla order because they criticized him on X.
I think it's more "I'm not accountable to you people". At least that's my position. Left wingers seem to think I have to care what they think about what I say on the internet. I do not, and I will not.