聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 These days I find it difficult to read some of the comments offered on Facebook or Twitter.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 But like a moth drawn to a flame, I sometimes can鈥檛 stop myself. When I do, I usually come away upset and shaking my head in disbelief at the name-calling and gutter-sniping that seems to be a regular part of the discourse, no matter the subject.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I truly can鈥檛 recall a time when people were so openly vicious in their interactions with others whose views differed from their own.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It seems that everyone has an opinion and is not afraid to express it. While I鈥檓 not opposed to folks offering their take on matters, I am not a fan of the senseless, hateful conversations (if you can call them that) which tend to dominate social media.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 What鈥檚 even more concerning is that people wade into the fray before learning all the relevant details.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Facts? Pffttt! Who needs those when people can proceed to slander the next person because鈥ell, because they can and feel they are entitled to do so.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Informed research? Too time-consuming. Besides, it鈥檚 much easier to piggyback off someone else鈥檚 misinformed comments, especially if they say what you want to hear.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dignified rhetoric? Well, that doesn鈥檛 get any attention. The name of the game appears to be penning the nastiest, most vitriolic comments in a contest of one-upmanship. (It is interesting to note that those who usually write such garbage are very thin-skinned individuals who lash out when someone dares to call them on it.)
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Many will argue that they are entitled to their opinion, and while that may be true, such entitlement does not extend to vicious name-calling, stated untruths, or defamation.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 At one time that would have meant 小蓝视频 slapped with a law suit. But some folks think hiding behind a computer screen somehow gives them immunity from such retribution. (It鈥檚 a shame that most individuals in the receiving end of such comments face a long and costly legal battle to set things right, so they choose not to proceed.)
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In an age where we are trying to curb bullying among young people, adults think nothing of taking to the Internet to spew their own contempt and hatred.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Instead of teaching youngsters that disagreement is fine, but it should be done in a fair and informed manner, children are learning that standing up for one鈥檚 beliefs means running down anyone who doesn鈥檛 think (or look) like them.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 We live in scary times when the misinformed have somehow managed to hijack reasonable debate and do so by acting like bullies.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Someone once said, 鈥淲e don鈥檛 see others as they are, but as we are.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 If that鈥檚 true, then there are a significant number of folks out there who have very low opinions of themselves.
