Adding more Hive to everyone's wallets, and in particular (the right) new users is one of the pillars of Hive and is what drives the entire place.

and in particular (the right) new users

Right, in who's opinion?
Why would they get to decide who is worthy?

We have a large enough deficit of supporting free speech already, imo

How is that going to help me, exactly?,
And the other people like me who haven't been favored by the whales in quite some time, if ever?

You do realize you are asking to treat these accounts better than those accounts because reasons, yes?