Is it wrong to unfriend or unfollow people I disagree with?
After Donald Trump was elected, I removed people on Facebook and Twitter to avoid upsetting myself. Am I part of the problem?
Q: On Facebook and Twitter I unfriend or unfollow people I don't agree with to avoid upsetting myself. Is this wrong and am I part of the problem that ended with Trump?
A: After the disaster of the US election, the answer to this question is supposed to be yes - yes, you must follow people you don't agree with; yes, you are part of the problem unless you toughen up and engage with the Other Side. If opposing views upset you, you are either weak-minded and vulnerable to manipulation by bigots or locked in your liberal echo chamber, where the only possible explanation for why Trump won the election is that people in general are idiots.
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