More from the cited article...

... Musk then proceeded to reply approvingly to a post from a far-right account that screenshotted his response and said, "We could have avoided a lot of disasters by simply telling leftist r-----s to stfu." ...

So, instead of presenting a valid counter argument, Mr Musk seems rather toapprove someone telling those with differing opinions to be silent.

Will Mr Musk be taking that view over to his DOGE duties?