Theo Von accused the government of pushing a TikTok ban because they want the Palestinian "genocide" covered up.

In a Tuesday episode of the This Past Weekend podcast, Von dismissed any national security concerns being floated about the China-owned TikTok platform, arguing the prevalence of content related to Israel’s bombing of Gaza — where thousands of civilians have been killed — is the real reason the government is uncomfortable.

“I believe that they don’t want people sharing the truth about the genocide in Palestine and that’s why they’re doing it. I believe that that’s what it is and TikTok is one of those places where people can still do that. And they want to own it. They want to own it, dude,” the podcaster and comedian said.

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Mitt Romney confirmed this explicitly. Anyone saying the tiktok ban isn’t about covering up Israel’s genocide in Gaza is denying objective fact.

Give us a source then mr. objective fact man

Your one google search you can provide vs. everyone who reads your comment having to do the same thing. Thanks for the source but the ease of retrieval it is irrelevant

God people like you are infuriating.

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Gives source

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Then shut up and remove yourself from the discussion.

The source was good enough. I’m simply saying if you’re going to make an objective claim and not provide a source you are asking everyone else to do the same google search. Wasting N peoples time googling a source vs. the one person making the claim.

You know I’m right. I know it’s hard to read comments and actually understand the nuance in how discussions work but you can do it. I believe in you.

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You added “mr objective fact man” which implies you believed his claims to be false.

Nah not at all. But I get how that could have come across that way.

That’s not true at all

The vast majority of people won’t check at all. They’ll either agree or disagree based on their own preexisting knowledge/biases.

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