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The political left and the right have a lot to say about Elon Musk buying out Twitter for $44 billion.
But nothing captures the cultural moment better than the explosion of memes circulating social media showing the left absolutely melting down and the right heralding the restoration of free speech.
The slew of dank memes depicts the left’s seething and coping badly with the historic development:
Amazing pic.twitter.com/XTMUlIfdMV
— Jack Posobiec
(@JackPosobiec) April 25, 2022
Twitter employees are having breakdowns pic.twitter.com/xIPcty2x6z
— Jack Posobiec
Elon Musk finalizes the purchase of Twitter.
The left: pic.twitter.com/qkJNJD2YOH
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) April 25, 2022
Collab @6unfa6 and me pic.twitter.com/VgRuUvTt01
— Kornmeal (@Kornmeal1) April 25, 2022
Stelter in meltdown mode pic.twitter.com/0fGdrDce4U
— Jack Posobiec
People are literally triggered by others they disagree with having free speech. Cry more libs!
#ElonMuskBuysTwitter pic.twitter.com/0CtMcDtffY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 25, 2022
People are triggered and losing sleep by the thought of Trump having a Twitter account. There will be epic levels of cope when Elon buys it and there is no one-sided censorship anymore. pic.twitter.com/cgM8mvyqAj
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 25, 2022
WHO DID THIS @grandoldmemes pic.twitter.com/1qZTYSG4ii
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) April 25, 2022
— Stonetoss Comics (@stone_toss) April 25, 2022
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 25, 2022
Long live the Meme Lord @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/hwkrFgQK47
— pipe (@PipeLacayo) April 25, 2022
Life comes at you fast. pic.twitter.com/IatZ4YVULG
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 25, 2022
— The Right To Bear Memes (@grandoldmemes) April 25, 2022
Twitter Headquarters Suffers Severe Water Damage From Liberal Employees’ Tearshttps://t.co/0z6cR8OyTy
— Kyle Mann (@The_Kyle_Mann) April 25, 2022
Twitter CEO Parag realizing his fate once Elon takes over pic.twitter.com/HrnNI16xJ9
— litquidity (@litcapital) April 25, 2022
When you need censorship to enforce your ideas, maybe your ideas aren’t that great! pic.twitter.com/MLfdAkbNlN
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 25, 2022
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) April 25, 2022
salts a pouring today pic.twitter.com/px7mQlL9s2
— meme bastard charles khan (@mask_bastard) April 25, 2022
THEY FIGURED US OUT!
RUN! pic.twitter.com/sBAdhdlCej— George Alexopoulos (@GPrime85) April 25, 2022
Live look at Twitter staff https://t.co/1EdKSSEzG7
— Rachel Bovard (@rachelbovard) April 25, 2022
This is still genius to me.
pic.twitter.com/BhtlYtOWPz
— Ronwell (@Ronwell03) April 25, 2022
My thoughts go out to you, Aaron. May you find strength to get through this. https://t.co/viLTHvAGnO
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 25, 2022
— Jeffrey Lutz (@thejefflutz) April 25, 2022
The Left On Twitter Today pic.twitter.com/NnYn84rwuH
— The Columbia Bugle
TWITTER CEO TO ADDRESS EMPLOYEES AT 2PM PACIFIC TIME pic.twitter.com/k4KGhEUNUA
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 25, 2022
MSM “Journalists” after finding out Twitter might allow free speech again since @elonmusk bought it pic.twitter.com/ylv9OiK7nD
— ELIJAH+ (@ElijahSchaffer) April 25, 2022
— meme bastard charles khan (@mask_bastard) April 25, 2022
Can’t wait to see some of our old friends again! #twittertakeover pic.twitter.com/T0HmHtrwPU
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) April 25, 2022
HAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/NGVGYYQxIy
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 25, 2022
Twitter employees when they try to delete our accounts. https://t.co/Uu2FX7PU8o pic.twitter.com/AaOOIYfqZo
— The Columbia Bugle
Time to repost my beautiful meme pic.twitter.com/YzDyyI07oJ
— Mint Chip (@MintChipMusic) April 25, 2022
ACLU has reservations about free speech. https://t.co/KUTm5j61Zz
— Boop (@factory123) April 25, 2022
WHO DID THIS @PopMemes4 pic.twitter.com/5RTVzOErlY
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) April 25, 2022
— Sal the Agorist (@SallyMayweather) April 25, 2022
The memes have been spectacular
~cwb pic.twitter.com/x7wIf66VeI— Niche Gamer (@nichegamer) April 25, 2022
— Mrs. Brassenstein (@MBrassenstein) April 25, 2022
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 26, 2022
Meanwhile, the right is having a bully of a time celebrating a new era without censorship on the digital public square:
Live look at @elonmusk firing everyone at Twitter pic.twitter.com/I7CrAzh9GO
— Chairman (@WSBChairman) April 25, 2022
Twitter HQ right now:pic.twitter.com/U70aHCzBZh
— Fintwit (@fintwit_news) April 25, 2022
— Matt Palumbo
Me and the boys getting ready to do a little free speech. pic.twitter.com/UOL4uAoBxc
— Bitstein (@bitstein) April 26, 2022
.@ElonMusk is going to restore free speech and help us with Winning the Social Media War! pic.twitter.com/O7VRGE7CTv
— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) April 25, 2022
[Explicit] Mint Chip – “ELON MUSK” | Music Video
A song to celebrate this glorious day. THANK YOU ELON, VERY COOL! @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/iYW7HzjGGU
— Mint Chip (@MintChipMusic) April 25, 2022
— NautPoso
(@NautPoso) April 25, 2022
I have questions for Elon Musk. I Hope he answers them.
Tag him. #ElonMusk #ElonMuskBuyTwitter pic.twitter.com/2W6ybMU00y
— CCG BRYSON (@RealBrysonGray) April 25, 2022
WHO DID THIS pic.twitter.com/M7mIOr1hLm
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) April 25, 2022
currently at Twitter HQ pic.twitter.com/G5jzRWeYZX
— andre bass (@onlyandrebass) April 25, 2022
— Swampy
— The Right To Bear Memes (@grandoldmemes) April 25, 2022
— Sal the Agorist (@SallyMayweather) April 25, 2022
— Sal the Agorist (@SallyMayweather) April 25, 2022
Donald Trump, tonight: pic.twitter.com/umpD49nYVQ
— George Alexopoulos (@GPrime85) April 25, 2022
Twitter in a picture right now: pic.twitter.com/IjbxPAPoa2
— If You Hate Elon Musk You Are Racist (@k_ovfefe2) April 25, 2022
“Twitter is yours!”
Elon Musk, right now. pic.twitter.com/4SzODBzC2Z
— 3 (@BenInfoWarren) April 25, 2022
Elon about to bring back everyone banned on Twitter pic.twitter.com/PVnb4Zu7ZU
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) April 25, 2022
This is exactly how Elon Musk buying twitter feel to me pic.twitter.com/xu5re0p4dp
— JOL (@Saitamagoated) April 25, 2022
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) April 25, 2022
Elon Musk, first person in history to spend $44B on a meme pic.twitter.com/3uWiZYQIuR
— SmallHandsMcgee (@ItsMeMcgeee) April 25, 2022
Nah! We’ll take yours! #ElonMuskBuyTwitter #ElonMusk #TwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/VgiEbqLq47
— Terry McNeely Comedian
(@Mac72Terry) April 25, 2022
Elon Musk after firing all of twitter pic.twitter.com/1xU9Yj3py4
— meme bastard charles khan (@mask_bastard) April 25, 2022
Musk is taking Twitter private for $44 billion, or $54.20 per share.
The Tesla CEO and new Twitter owner released a statement following the news Monday, saying that free speech is “the bedrock of a functioning democracy.”
Yesss!!!
pic.twitter.com/0T9HzUHuh6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022
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