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Did you know that the Democrats are also not too happy with TikTok and the CCP? Biden even had his staffers remove the app. This is not as Trump/Republicans par

Did you know that the Democrats are also not too happy with TikTok and the CCP? Biden even had his staffers remove the app. This is not as Trump/Republicans partisan as people think. There is a lot of bi-partisan support for TikTok as dangerous. It's highly probably that the solution is not the same, but many politicians are definitely worried about the app. It's also weird that so many people believe this idea that people on TikTok did anything to the Tulsa rally. I don't think people know how the rally worked, so they take at face value someone saying TikTok users made Trump mad. Requesting tickets was not first come, first served, it was simply saying you might come. So at worst, TikTok users inflated the number of people who said they might go. So it likely had no affect on the number of people that actually showed up. Covid-19 probably was the most likely reason that people didn't show up in large numbers. I'm not even aware of any evidence that large numbers of users were able to get reservations. A bunch of kids on TikTok saying they reserved tickets is not the same as actual proof. I really wish that we could make people skeptical of all claims made by anyone. Don't just blindly believe some news story that includes no evidence, or quotes a few tweets because you want it to be true.

bawolff 6y ago
> A bunch of kids on TikTok saying they reserved tickets is not the same as actual proof. How is that relavent? Media claimed it was an embarrasment, trump wasn't able to spin it. Does it really matter what the kids did or did not do. Its an embarasment if there is public preception it is an embarassment. It isnt any less of an embarassment even if you are right that the story is based on something untrue (which seems doubtful to me).
- bleah1000 6y ago
  What are you talking about, there are, literally, hundreds of stories about why Trump is bad, evil, or an embarrassment in the media. Why would a few more stories make him choose a policy against TikTok? He is constantly saying the media lies, so why wouldn't he just slough off those stories as more lies? I think people really want this narrative to be true, so people are reaching for any evidence to back the claim. The story sounds so much better when you can make Trump look like a crazy person who is so thin skinned he will ban an app that offends him. But a lot of politicians on both sides of the aisle believe the CCP is a threat to the US, so this action is not as surprising as it may first seem. You've also got to remember that wechat was also targeted, so this is not hitting one app, but multiple Chinese apps.

bawolff 6y ago

> A bunch of kids on TikTok saying they reserved tickets is not the same as actual proof. How is that relavent? Media claimed it was an embarrasment, trump wasn't able to spin it. Does it really matter what the kids did or did not do. Its an embarasment if there is public preception it is an embarassment. It isnt any less of an embarassment even if you are right that the story is based on something untrue (which seems doubtful to me).

bleah1000 6y ago
What are you talking about, there are, literally, hundreds of stories about why Trump is bad, evil, or an embarrassment in the media. Why would a few more stories make him choose a policy against TikTok? He is constantly saying the media lies, so why wouldn't he just slough off those stories as more lies? I think people really want this narrative to be true, so people are reaching for any evidence to back the claim. The story sounds so much better when you can make Trump look like a crazy person who is so thin skinned he will ban an app that offends him. But a lot of politicians on both sides of the aisle believe the CCP is a threat to the US, so this action is not as surprising as it may first seem. You've also got to remember that wechat was also targeted, so this is not hitting one app, but multiple Chinese apps.