Summary

A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman’s office in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, citing anger over the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a TikTok ban.

The suspect admitted to the arson, which caused no injuries as the building was unoccupied.

The ban, upheld due to national security concerns about TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, has sparked significant public reactions.

Grothman had supported legislation to ban TikTok earlier in 2024.

  • socsa
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    67 hours ago

    They may take our lives.

    But they will never take our brain rot.

  • Ech
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    2910 hours ago

    If this shit causes more actual unrest than anything else from the last decade, I’m gonna fucking flip out. People are so fucking stupid.

  • @[email protected]
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    911 hours ago

    Me googling “Fon du Lac” to see if it’s in Florida: Nope, Wisconson…good for you Florida, you dodged this one!

  • JaggedRobotPubes
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    -511 hours ago

    I think people with publicly searchable addresses shouldn’t try to actively fuck over large swaths of people in one go. We should all act with integrity anyway, but boy when you’re public, it’s a really good idea to put in a little more effort on that front.

    • Ech
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      910 hours ago

      “Fuck over”. Lol, it’s a shitty video app, mate. Get some perspective.

      • @[email protected]
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        37 hours ago

        I get the sentiment but there’s people that actually make their living on this platform. So for someone shouting at someone else to get some perspective maybe you want to curtail your messaging.

  • FiveMacs
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    -512 hours ago

    The that that someone did this, proves these WEBSITES are dangerous to citizens mentality.

    • JWBananas
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      17 hours ago

      Oh, it’s you again.

    • JaggedRobotPubes
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      311 hours ago

      I think it’s pointless to point out that nobody else is stupid enough to think this, but here I am saying it anyway.

    • @[email protected]
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      -1212 hours ago

      What’s more dangerous to me is the fact that the government is trying to restrict our sources of information. People are PISSED. And should they be setting fire to congressmen’s offices? Nah but there’s a reason people have fled to another Chinese app in protest.

          • teft
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            610 hours ago

            banning apps from being published in app stores isn’t even close to the same thing as the great firewall.

            • @[email protected]
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              310 hours ago

              You just made me realize that TikTok is still available in browser form. What a bunch of fuss over nothing.