Gen Z is protesting the TikTok ban in the most unhinged way

"Long live China, n*gga. Long live Xi Jinping, n*gga!" This is how one influencer responded to the looming TikTok ban in a viral video with more than 8 million views. While perhaps unique in its eloquence, this reaction was sadly par for the course for how many members of Generation Z and TikTok users are handling their favored platform's possible deletion. The U.S. government is seeking to ban the app partly due to concerns that its parent company, ByteDance, is subject to the control and influence of the Chinese Communist Party. However, the young people in the United States who…