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In reply to the discussion: TikTok will be banned, not sold. [View all]W_HAMILTON
(7,909 posts)They believe the bullshit, which, oftentimes, they get through terrible sources of misinformation/disinformation like TikTok to begin with.
They believed the lies about Hillary -- and look at the disaster that Trump was, Roe v. Wade was killed, Biden's student loan debt cancellation planned was overturned, etc.
If they are fooled into thinking TikTok is going to be banned -- all the while they complain about it about being banned, right on up to Election Day, when it is guaranteed not to be banned by then -- and instead let a democracy-destroying wannabe authoritarian take control over our government yet again, after they watched firsthand all the terrible things that happened during his administration, then they deserve what they get (even if the rest of us don't). Oh yeah, let's not forget that Trump and his administration *actually* banned TikTok via executive order in 2020 and it was only stopped by the court system and later, the Biden administration rolling back that executive order of his.
I don't know what the answer is to the continued persistence ignorance of some youth. This isn't ancient history here -- this is less than ten years' worth of time. If they can't learn from recent history, there apparently is no teaching them. Here's hoping enough of those that know better will out-vote them in numbers to prevent them from foisting on the nation another four (or more?) years of Trump due to their stupidity.
And for a prebuttal, I don't want to hear about """gee, that's sure gonna win them over, calling them stupid!""" They've been given the facts and they choose to ignore them. Insulting others certainly isn't above them -- just look at all the ridiculous nicknames they've come up with for good Democrats -- so I don't want to hear it. Whoever called them BlueAnon hit the nail on the head.