This week I learned how everyone looooves to fight on
Facebook. Nobody really wants to discuss the issues, they just want to show
everyone how much more compassionate or loving they are then everyone else.
This has been a tough week for social media! Anyone else feeling the same way?
If I see one more fight about the Syrian refugees...I don’t know what I’ll do.
I really do believe that we need to talk about these issues, but I don’t think
Facebook is the right medium. It is so easy to misunderstand what others are
saying and so easy to be unnecessarily cruel, with the added buffer of the internet
between us. The biggest lesson I’ve
learned this week is to be aware of the issues and to understand exactly what
you’re talking about before going on Facebook and spouting an opinion. It is
too easy to start a giant fight and hurt a lot of people you care about in the
process, only to turn out to be wrong. Hopefully I don’t sound too mean writing
this. Social media is just too much!
Here here Sarah. I posted similarly in my blog when social media blew up about the church and homosexuality stuff. When people have an opinion, they absolutely freak out before even taking time to consider the other side and that it must have validity since the other half of people believe opposite of you. People get venomous pretty quick in their ignorant putrage.
ReplyDeleteHere here Sarah. I posted similarly in my blog when social media blew up about the church and homosexuality stuff. When people have an opinion, they absolutely freak out before even taking time to consider the other side and that it must have validity since the other half of people believe opposite of you. People get venomous pretty quick in their ignorant putrage.
ReplyDeleteReally though! I feel like the (supposed) anonymity of the internet lets people think that they can say whatever they want, without feeling the need to be kind, or even reasonable. I try never to post anything negative online. Some might say that it gives a jaded impression of my life to others, but I think it helps me focus on the positive!
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