mr peters starts with a clear point: either you have free speech or you don't;

Rand Paul has been defending free speech again – the bastard.

He says Americans – everyone – ought to be worried about their freedom to speak (more finely, to read and hear about things the government and corporations don’t want them to read and hear about) being arbitrated by government – and corporations.

But, the Chinese!

They own Tik Tok! Even though – as the senator has had to explain to those who already know better – the “Chinese” do not own Tik Tok. There are Chinese people who own part of it. As well as Americans. All of which is completely beside the point that Paul has been trying to make. Which is that it ought not to matter who owns Tik Tok if you are opposed to the government and corporations owning what you are allowed to read and hear and also to where and how you’re allowed to say what you think...........more........