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 When someone from an oppressed, disenfranchised or maligned group conducts themselves as a typical colonial-friendly, capitalism-obsessed WASP (guess we have to add and extra "S" for "Straight") all we've done is perform cosmetic surgery on the status quo:

 

 Well, a number of things, as this CNN story notes . Among them: China has the ability block any sale, which is likely considering that the purpose the US law is to force a Chinese company sell to an American buyer.  The owner of the company vows to fight through legal means. Even if the sale were to happen, China could remove the algorithm from the app, basically making it useless.  First Amendment experts doubt this law will hold up in court. The one thing the CNN story doesn't really cover is the " why ." Well, this app that was created and governed by another country; as such the leaders of America cannot control what is being said or done on the app. This means that (mostly young) Americans who use it can criticize America (within reason; Lee Camp apparently was banned). Compare this to when Americans (including Lee Camp) were on RT America, a Russian-backed news network that allowed Americans to critique the American government...not to mention its allies. TikTok al

 

 Here's one (very good) take:

 Danny Haiphong thinks so, and he shares some things with Margaret Kimberley . 

  Seriously; this guy would have made the CIA proud. 

 Chris Hedges and Vincent Bevins discuss:

 If flights leaving the Promised Land begin to pick up, you'll know why :  Nearly three-quarters of the Israeli public oppose a retaliatory strike on Iran for its massive missile attack on the country if such action would harm Israel’s security alliance with its allies, according to a poll published Tuesday. The Hebrew University survey also found that over half the public believes Israel “respond[s] positively” to the military and political demands of allies. Israel has vowed to retaliate after Iran overnight Saturday fired over 300 missiles and drones at the country. Almost all were intercepted before they reached the country as the United States led a coordinated air defense shield that involved Israeli, American, British, French and Jordanian forces, reportedly along with radar and intelligence input from some Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia. Maybe they should concentrate of getting back the hostages . For what it's worth, Iran is putting out a warning .