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A Merciful Response To Imperfection...
“Empathy to me is the more merciful response to those we see suffering.” -Anne Lamott
Part of society’s newsfeed isn’t about important news anymore, it’s about getting up to speed on high profile humiliations or “takedowns” on the comments sections of social media. It’s our new norm! The feed that updates quickly and furiously about other people’s lives on social media is where people go to battle and/or be entertained. We defend our views by fighting with people we’ll most likely never meet. At times, we defend people who we feel are being mistreated. A recent story about a young model being kissed by a basketball player who was in a relationship at the time drew death threats toward the young woman. People felt so strongly about taking down this young woman who they believed was wrong for kissing this guy, who had a higher profile celebrity girlfriend at the time. How is that ok?
The truth is that when it comes to anonymity on social media, we feel invincible and wear our hearts in ou…
Part of society’s newsfeed isn’t about important news anymore, it’s about getting up to speed on high profile humiliations or “takedowns” on the comments sections of social media. It’s our new norm! The feed that updates quickly and furiously about other people’s lives on social media is where people go to battle and/or be entertained. We defend our views by fighting with people we’ll most likely never meet. At times, we defend people who we feel are being mistreated. A recent story about a young model being kissed by a basketball player who was in a relationship at the time drew death threats toward the young woman. People felt so strongly about taking down this young woman who they believed was wrong for kissing this guy, who had a higher profile celebrity girlfriend at the time. How is that ok?
The truth is that when it comes to anonymity on social media, we feel invincible and wear our hearts in ou…
