news U.S TikTok partially back after Trump's 90-day extension but ByteDance won't divest

[khalyan]

Just now, Communion said:

You must be quoting the wrong user. This also reads as emotional reaction to the bad PR taking over how Democrats are viewed and what we know is the natural outcome to such. I get being upset at what's about to unfold. It's also though largely on the shoulders of liberal Democrats.

 

I have simply repeated AOC's own claims as someone who voted against the bill and who said there was no security threat presented to members of Congress.

 

This is going to be a PR win for Trump. Emotional arguments about why it shouldn't be can't change how Democrats chose Israel and the beltway over winning.

I’m equally pissed at the Democrats. I am pissed because the answer is OBVIOUS and they keep circling past it. I am pissed because Democratic leadership continues to appease AARP members and not people in my generation or younger. I am pissed that they allowed and opened themselves to being ridiculed in the way they are. 

But as much as I’m pissed, I am NEVER going to move to the right. I will never relate to Republicans, I will never listen to Republicans, that ship sailed in high school when Republicans were actively fighting against my rights and nobody knew why I was so pissed at that leadership. 

 

[GhostBox]

5 minutes ago, Bad News said:

The blatant PR stunt

Right!? 
 

also what clarity did he bring to the effort! 😂😂 his statement an hour ago was more indecisive than Biden's ever was 😂

[Vermillion]

2 minutes ago, thesegayz said:

they'd be shilling for big tobacco if this was the 1900s 

This reference doesn't even make any sense by comparison  

[khalyan]

1 minute ago, Vermillion said:

Because it was a crucial point as to why this app was banned in the first place?

 

I really shouldn't of bothered doing any updates to this thread if people like you are just going to gaslight constantly instead of having any normal debate on a topic.

How am I gaslighting you? In fact, it was the opposite when I initially asked you what you were talking about when you first brought Israel/Palestine up and you turned it back on me without answering the question. 

[Rogue_Redux]

Is anyone else not seeing the people they're following going live? 

[bjorn]

 

wow just wow 

[KingWitch]

 

Lol so obvious, watch the app become more right winged after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GhostBox]

Biden "I'm not going to in force the ban it should stay online."

 

TikTok "that's not good enough let's shut it down"

 

trump "I was just thinking maybe we could do a little 50/50 because we need to still protect us from the Chinese some" 

 

tiktok "that's perfect start it back up" 

 

😂😂😂

[Attitude]

Trump Youth just got indoctrinated. 

 

 

[Lightbringer007]

 

 

[Bad News]

6 minutes ago, GhostBox said:

Right!? 
 

also what clarity did he bring to the effort! 😂😂 his statement an hour ago was more indecisive than Biden's ever was 😂

"we are fortunate that President Trump has..."
"as a result of President Trump's efforts..."

 

like... they're not even trying to hide it

 

[cuteboyzay]

I just want to say a big F*CK you to some of the users on here that held such a shallow/surface-level of a superiority complex on here and refused/failed to understand why THIS APP getting banned was such a baddd f*cking idea. 
 

Y'all spend countless hours on a Pop Forum that you don't even get paid on, only for you to turn around and judge others that have invested money, gotten out of debt, and have made livings off of an app that has truly changed their lives for the better and has helped millions of lives. 
 

I'm happy for the users in here that DO understand why it would've been such a bad idea, but for the ones that refused to and still think they're better than others on here just because they don't have a f*cking app is INSANNEEE!

[Gorjesspazze9]

3 minutes ago, bjorn said:

 

wow just wow 

The fact that they really are like this. 

[Gavin.]

Regret deleting it before deleting my account. Can't redownload it as of right now to delete my account 

[GhostBox]

This whole situation has been more fake than trumps assassination attempt 😂😂😂

[Communion]

This is basically a situation of liberals being unable to reconcile with the world as-is in front of them.

 

We're entering semantics of "BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!! IT *SHOULD* BE TRUMP'S FAULT!! HE *SHOULD* BE BLAMED!! THIS ISN'T HOW RULES WORK!!".

 

And that this loss hurts the most because Dems actively enabled it and self-inflicted. 

 

Dems pivot one way, Trump simply is faster. They attempt A, he pulls ahead by doing B. 

 

 

[SmittenCake]

ITS OVER FOR DEMOCRATS

 

 

 

[ImpressMeMuch]

1 hour ago, MattieB said:

The app is back running for some, check your phones

You assume I ever had it installed 

[Vermillion]

@khalyan

 

All I'm going to leave for the record before going back to news posts is that I don't trust Rand Paul or AOC regarding their claims that the intelligence is overhyped AND I don't trust Tom Cotton that the intelligence is underhyped.

 

Why can't we see the intelligence?

 

I'm also going to leave for the record that I don't think that fears on China data collection had nearly as much to do with this as much as the level of Palestinian support by wide swaths of the consistent demo on this app, which tends to be younger, that ultimately pulled it over the finish line due to again, the level of lobbying being done against this app by both AIPAC and the ADL, which is supported by sources in this thread and the OP, several times. Reporting, not the word of the reps.

[GhostBox]

No one's gonna give a **** trump lied about "saving" TikTok in the long run especially when it's sold to meta or just banned again in 90 days  💀

[Soup in Teapot]

The way this app is so huge and successful and she keeps herself on everyone's mind nnnnn

 

China ha power

[khalyan]

I wish we lived in a world where Tom Cotton and Rand Paul were not equals to AOC. AOC is not perfect, but she’s also not advocating against my community or shilling for billionaires. 
 

I also wish I could get more direct answers to some of my questions. What does Israel/Palestine have to do with TikTok? Can a source be provided? Why is this supposed “common knowledge” yet the link is muddled?

[Vermillion]

42 minutes ago, Communion said:

Dems still let anti-genocide dissent get them to join Republicans in banning in, and which Biden proudly signed into law.

 

Trump being who originally wanted it banned doesn't matter because Biden basically undid his own actions.

 

> Trump issue EO to have ByteDance divest

> Biden issues EO undoing Trump's EO

> Biden calls for support of and signs law by Congress forcing ByteDance to divest

Leaving this here again for those in the back because this endless revisionist history here is pissing me off.

[Grizzo]

more Trump propaganda… as if Zuck and Bezos kissing the ring wasn't enough now we have Shou Chew doing it as well 

 

i'm sick of this world 

[Exzime.]

This is so messy