Posted on 11/02/2022 8:01:49 AM PDT by lowbridge
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is facing mockery for her criticism of a new plan for Twitter’s subscription service.
The Congresswoman voiced her disapproval of the idea Twitter users paying for a monthly fee for added features.
“Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually a $8/mo subscription plan,” she wrote Tuesday night.
Her tweet comes after Twitter owner Elon Musk shared his plan to raise the cost of the platform’s subscription service Twitter Blue to $8 per month.
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People would still be about to use Twitter if they did not pay for the subscription plan, but they would not enjoy as many features.
And several conservatives roasted Ocasio-Cortez for her comments about the plan.
“Twitter is still going to be free you moron,” conservative Arthur Schwartz wrote.
Batya Ungar-Sargon, the deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, tweeted, “This is such a great example of the progressive MO: Take something that confers status and privilege on an elite few and then treat it like it’s a universal principle that may never be questioned.”
“‘Free speech’ does not mean that services must be free of charge. You use your phone for free speech but you also pay for the phone plan,” chimed in conservative commentator Ben Shapiro.
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Oh good, Sandy Cortez, the Taco and Tequila Hoola Dancer from the Bronx.
Why does the Democratic Party promote demented young women and senile old ladies to elected and appointed offices. No civilization in world history has ever done this nonsense. The men they select seem to be mostly perverts. Will the American nation survive this lunacy?
Donkey show bimbo says what?
To think, how much more she could have contributed to humanity, stripping in some titty bar in Jersey...
The best part is the responses to this bimbo don’t get banned.
It’s called free speech ..
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) - Hero of the stupid.
speech is free
the megaphone costs extra
i love aoc
anyway we can get her more airtime?
make her the face of the dems
Not if it continues.
AOC will lose some of her ‘free speech’ rights after the November elections. With the house becoming republican controlled, she won’t have the same status and many of her appearances will be of lesser importance, hence, nobody will care what she has to say. When the AOC tree falls from grace in congress, will anybody hear her or care?
Perhaps Nancy Pelosi could use her as a caretaker for Paul Pelosi and her.
The $8 blue check idea IS kind of stupid though (for different resons). In the past the blue check meant you were “verified” or for sure the real person, now anyone can say they are Tom Cruise or Donald Trump and nobody knows
The $8 is to make up for way overpaying for twitter for his own weird personal reasons
Big Juicy Bootie like her free stuff. How do you like your Tesla BJB?
If I were a mainstream social media user, I would consider a yearly fee to replace ads and tracking. Something has to pay for it. But I am not. I do donate to FR when I can (unemployed at the moment).
AOC is great. I’ve frequently used her as an example to my wife of proof positive that even an idiot like me could get into office.
They do it because as the great radio host from Philly, Irv Homer would say, Boobus America accepts and listens to those demented young women and senile old ladies.
So what? She’ll be re-elected, and one day will have as much money as Pelosi.
She is defacto American royalty. She can say or do nearly anything she wants.
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