Their press release says:

> F-Droid is taking a political stance here

I do not want any App Store to be taking political stances.

> I do not want any App Store to be taking political stances.

I don't think there is a clean separation between political and non-political when you're choosing whether to accept or deny apps to an app store.

I think you can choose to not deny apps based on political reasons (e.g. BLM) but still choose to deny apps based on security (e.g. malware), deceptiveness (spam, abuse), or license (e.g. closed source).

Free software is a political stance

Free as in free speech. The Gab app does not violate the four essential freedoms [1] or F-Droid's inclusion policy [2]. They even host Hentai apps where you can access lolicon pornography [3] and simply state that users should "be aware of any applicable local laws and regulations".

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

[2] https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Inclusion_Policy/

[3] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/moe.feng.nhentai/