Like. I need for people to understand that following someone on social media is not An Implicit Endorsement Of Everything They Have Ever Said And Done. For many people, social media curation means following accounts they don't always agree with but find interesting or relevant.
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Some people even choose to follow accounts they violently disagree with because they want to stay informed about what that person says, or because they think their views are hilarious. Not everyone curates their list according to Strict Moral Principles, and that is okay!
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Just. I've seen a lot of very well-meaning tweets lately condemning the fact that so-and-so STILL has x many mutual followers Even Though They Did A Gross Thing, or cancelling a person because they follow a jerk, but that these are not expressions of personal morality.
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Can you sometimes divine a great deal about an individual's personal politics based on the aggregate of who they follow online? Yeah, for sure! But can you do it with complete and total accuracy every single time, just by assuming that everyone curates like you do? Hell no.
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