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> we gain almost nothing by having tiktok around. We lose nothing by banning it

That's bold. There used to be a principle of freedom that allowed things not explicitly banned, and banning things would require a good reason.

Is this kind of capriciousness the new normal now?

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You seem personally offended but I believe this is a good reason. We ban all kinds of things. So you think we shouldn’t ban guns? You think we shouldn’t ban any kind of speech, including doxxing and death threats? You think we shouldn’t ban cancerous chemicals? This is mental gymnastics at the Olympic level. Of course we ban things sometimes.

Banning a widespread intelligence gathering and opinion shaping tool of the Chinese government is completely reasonable.

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