@aral There is privilege here, but are people not allowed to choose what they read now? What he should perhaps use his platform to call for is more content warnings — I too tire of those who think they are entitled to my attention on their top issue at any time simply because I open an app to communicate with someone else, and that by not giving it to them I am a "bad person". I pay attention to those issues, but sanity and self care demand that I put boundaries around them, too.
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