Do you ever make the mistake
of looking at the comment on internet posts? If you don't usually do this,
please do not start now. For some reason the internet has given people,
normally kind, sweet people, permission to be mean and judgmental. For example,
if there is a post regarding a car accident, people will immediately decide
that the person was texting and driving. Or speeding, or eating or generally
being dangerous. All of which the commentator would NEVER do. A post about a
police officer doing something wrong garners more attention than the hundreds
of good things they do every day. Another post from a few days ago, a couple
arrested for the deplorable condition of their home, their child taken from
them, for obvious reasons. Jump on the judgment bandwagon.
Now, we are not saying that
people don't speed and cause accidents, no one texts and drives, police are
always right and everyone should keep their children. What we are saying is that
maybe it is time to stop hiding behind the internet being unkind. All the
people who are in the situations above know they are there. Being unkind is
never an answer, and it really makes the person making those comments look bad.
Not smart, not intellectual, just mean.
If you feel the need to do
something when you see these stories you can offer your sympathy, prayers or
find a way to actually help. Maybe people are not always what they should be
for one reason or another, but that should not change who you are. If you are
kind, or want to be then be that kind person. Be the change you want to
see, just as the saying goes.
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