When we as Americans voted for G. W. Bush we unleashed a can of deadly worms. How?
When an entire country falls for the wolf in Christian clothing, then the worst ideals, the least humane ways of reacting to confrontation, and the grossest volcanic spew of paranoia spread quickly. Now it's popular to be loud, rude, violent, small minded, and force religious beliefs on others. Torture, harassment, false imprisonment, and complete lack of empathy are considered to be o.k. for one's own protection.
Never getting past a "mean girl group mentality" from middle school is way too prevelant in too many social gatherings, the work place, or even some family gatherings. Why?
I believe, as Americans, we never had a chance to grieve, react with any level of intelligence, or comfort one another right after 911.
Instead we were thrown quickly into a war that forced us to become fearful for nearly a decade.
When Bin Ladin was found.......it got me, and I'm sure many others, thinking......
Could he have been found from the get-go, and in the process, possibly spared many lives?
Instead....here we are....A nation full of loud confrontational reality show people walking around looking for the next big fight to make us feared, looked up to, and sitting on the the highest rung of the show.
Therefore, yes the Internet social media thing can be a safer place to be....that is until we get our priorities back in balance.
I see these videos on YouTube from some individuals spouting off about other YouTubers and how ugly they think they are, how stupid they think they are, how they obviously are fake, etc.
It's such a small amount of tubers compared to the decent ones though. Even the trolls in the comment section get very little attention from those of us who are real adults.
So.....I think it's not bad still....this social networking thing.
I'm just wondering though, what the next phase of society will be like....................
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