This is a terrible sign except for the times it’s extremely helpful because the people being cut off were terrible. Queer culture supports/encourages people to cut off hateful, homophobic family. Recovery programs encourage people to cut off their user friends. Whether this is harmful depends on the quality of the people being cut off.
In neither of these cases are people cut off merely for not being a member of the group.
In neither of these cases are people cut off merely for not being a member of the group.