Lmao at the Congresswoman who thinks the free in free speech is a reference to cost, not liberty.

Paying a fee for optional verification is not the same as paying a fee to speak.

You tweeted this from an Android device. Not everyone has access to Android devices, apps, cellular service, etc.

Also, charging for verification doesn’t exclude anyone from public discourse.

Also, you’re a racist.

The Babylon Bee joins The Onion in urging SCOTUS to defend the First Amendment against an Ohio law that makes parody a felony.

https://reason.com/2022/11/01/the-babylon-bee-joins-the-onion-in-decrying-an-ohio-law-that-makes-parody-a-felony/

Yes, huge respect to Elon Musk. Stepping into this arena to fight this particular battle must be as daunting as it is thankless. I couldn't imagine taking on scorn from all sides for the benefit of the very people who were heaping it on me.

Occasionally Elon walks by our cell with the keys to our freedom jingling on his hip. And every time we reach for them he backs away and says, "Eight dollars."

If you prefer to silence and suppress people who say things you don't like—as opposed to merely blocking, muting, or ignoring them—then you're more dangerous than anything they might say.

You could also try reasoning with or refuting them. Those are healthy, non-evil options, too.

If you're a filthy fascist then you deserve to have the government and big tech work together to rip out your tongue and compel your compliance.

We must fight fascism with fascism.

If 9 out of every 10 murdered journalists are men, then either women aren't being targeted or whoever's targeting them sucks at it.

Maybe other women are doing the targeting and they have terrible accuracy.

I'd rather pay for the product than be the product.

What about a gold check mark on Twitter for $5,000. And no character limit, since rich people say the most important things.

It should definitely cost something to protect your tweets to avoid a ratio. Per-minute protection charge.

"A wall is ineffective, expensive, and immoral." — Nancy Pelosi

If you're not free to be wrong, you're not free.

Twitter can help us have healthy discussions about elections by not helping us have healthy discussions about elections. Just stand down and let us speak freely.

The voters will almost certainly try to steal this one.

Democracy dies when people vote incorrectly.

He thought to himself, “What would Satan tweet?”

NY Times reporters are taking extra steps to protect me from their harmful misinformation. I can't thank them enough.

You know where people are going to talk about the downfall of Twitter?

Twitter.