Whoopi Goldberg's sanctimonious Twitter exit ends with hilarious mockery: 'All speech is not free speech'

Whoopi Goldberg announced Monday that she was officially leaving Twitter because Elon Musk now controls the platform.

What did Goldberg say?

Speaking on "The View," Goldberg said she decided to delete her Twitter account because of how "messy" the platform has become under Musk's control.

"I’m getting off today because I just feel like, you know, it’s so messy, and I’m tired of now having had certain kinds of attitudes blocked, and now they're back on," Goldberg said.

"I’m gonna get out, and if it settles down enough and I feel more comfortable, maybe I’ll come back," she added. "But as of tonight, I’m done with Twitter."

Later, Goldberg endorsed the idea that "some speech" is not "OK free speech," suggesting that Twitter or the government has an obligation to regulate the content on Twitter. In the end, though, she reiterated her departure from the platform.

"All speech is not free speech. Some speech is not OK free speech," Goldberg said. "You know what? This is our problem, but it ain't my problem today, because I'm out!"

What was the response?

The response to her decision reminds one of the adage: "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

Indeed, people noted that Goldberg's presence will not be missed because they didn't even know she had an account. Others celebrated Goldberg's decision.

• "Thank you, @WhoopiGoldberg," former U.S. ambassador Richard Grenell said.
• "[P]eople were only on twitter to follow the gentle musings of whoopi its all over now," journalist Tim Pool mocked.
• "Whoopi Goldberg announced she has left Twitter because of Elon Musk. I just want to thank Elon for doing such a good job at running off these crazy entitled liberals," comedian Terrance Williams reacted.
• "Whoopi Goldberg was on Twitter?" another person reacted.
• "I have never seen a Tweet by Whoopi Goldberg. I honestly didn't know she had an account here," another person said.
• "Didn’t she also say that she was going to be moving to Canada if Trump was elected president? I’m still waiting for that one," one person pointed out.

Goldberg actually made good on her promise, and her account, with more than 1.6 million followers, has since been deactivated.

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