this is what i thought the reasoning was 

carter

Then just run a PRIVATE node. Why do you need to go public if you do not want to be public?
Is not necessary that everybody in LN should be a public node. Private nodes are perfectly fine.

DarthCoin

I don't use a bundle, but my own setup using Ubuntu and Bitcoin Core.

Initially I enabled clearnet connections, but when I looked at the map of nodes and saw my house on it I decided to go tor-only.

Yes, Tor can be deanonymized, but that takes resources and I'm more worried about wrench attacks than the government going after me for running a node. It's a Bitcoin node, not a dark web marketplace.

A VPN costs money, I don't want to add liabilities, would rather stack more sats.

Connecting to the node from Sparrow takes a bit longer when it's over Tor, but I do it infrequently enough that it doesn't matter.

bitcoin_beginners

Why bitcoiners are so "in love" using Tor for their BTC LN nodes?

I don't use a bundle, but my own setup using Ubuntu and Bitcoin Core.

Initially I enabled clearnet connections, but when I looked at the map of nodes and saw my house on it I decided to go tor-only.

Yes, Tor can be deanonymized, but that takes resources and I'm more worried about wrench attacks than the government going after me for running a node. It's a Bitcoin node, not a dark web marketplace.

A VPN costs money, I don't want to add liabilities, would rather stack more sats.

Connecting to the node from Sparrow takes a bit longer when it's over Tor, but I do it infrequently enough that it doesn't matter.