I get a lot of enjoyment out of non-Facebook Meta apps/services, but it is really difficult to feel ok about using them when they do shit like this. I find myself reconsidering, even though the social cost would be high.

I thought the “patriots” of the MAGA right said America was great when we were free? Applying the rules differently to companies based on their perceived friendliness to your political agenda is not freedom.

Same is true for people.

I think it sucks how much we’ve amplified every form of disagreement as fatal to relationships, real and para-social alike. I think in a time where there are so many issues that feel deeply high stakes, it’s basically impossible to find common ground where to draw “this is ok to agree to disagree”.

I should note, I think it sucks we can’t find those places so easily not to avoid accountability, but because maintaining relationships where disagreement exists is how people are moved to new views and ideas. It’s how growth can happen.

Bobby Hill walked so that Gene Belcher could run.