The Social Media Turnoff
I started this post a couple of months ago. Oops! What is my excuse? Work was busy, and that's enough to kill one's inspiration. I also secretly hoped the subject of online hate would become irrelevant. Why wouldn't it? Miracles do happen! You want an example of a miracle... Bennifer is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (readers frantically googling Bennifer) I had to throw it in there ha ha. Well, I couldn't believe it when it came up in my news feed. Anyway back to earth, twenty years should be enough time to learn to be more sociable on social media... But when England lost Euro 2020 after leading for over an hour, I knew it would blow up again... with hate... not with support, compassion or appreciation... The social media giants failed to stop the hate wildfire from spreading once again. It's sad to think how much damage one hateful comment can do. All the love overshadowed by hate and erased in seconds. Lives destroyed. Am I being too dramatic? Definitely not. We don't