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If I had to delete an app every time I see something I politically disagree with I would have no need for a smartphone.
by jisnsm 2y ago
If I had to delete an app every time I see something I politically disagree with I would have no need for a smartphone.
- AlecSchueler 2y agoThat's a really unfair representation of what happened. I frequently see things I "disagree with" on most platforms and I am happy to ignore it or go into discussion about it. Facism is not something I just "disagree with." Calling for people to be silenced by violent mobs is not something I just "disagree with." Holocaust denial is not something that is up for debate. I felt terrified by what I saw, quite literally sickened by it. I closed my phone completely and struggled to sleep afterwards. It took me three days and some conversations with my family before I could open the app again just to delete my account. I'm not just taking some moral stand against Instagram by leaving it for publishing views that differ to mine, I'm simply too disgusted to ever open it again, the thought of having an app like that on my phone makes me queasy.