I cannot tell you how many ridiculous social media posts I have seen with regards to the Las Vegas shooting.
Posts about conspiracy theories, posts blaming Republicans for their support of the 2nd Amendment, and posts claiming interviews of those helping during the shooting are “paid actors.”
What is sharing those posts doing for you? For those suffering? For our nation? Nothing good, I can promise you that. What a ridiculous world we are living in. One where your social media update on your unwarranted opinion is more important than those who lost their lives and those who are still fighting.
I personally have only seen a handful of respectful posts about the shooting.
Why is that? Why is being nasty and selfish valued over being considerate and compassionate? Why do we constantly strive to feed our own self-interests? My own best friend and her sister were there. They saw everything and are traumatized.
Now they see your ridiculous posts on social media. They hurt every single time someone they know shares an outrageous article about it.
Is our society just desensitized? Are we inherently evil? I like to think holistically that we are caring and good people. I also want to think that there is hope for this hurting nation. But it is so incredibly hard to hold onto those ideas when we all constantly want to jump into the drama of any crisis.
Instead of sharing those false posts, instead of writing up some outrageous conspiracy theory, instead of blaming others, stop and think. Think about if you lost a loved one in this awful massacre. Think about if you were murdered or injured and what you would want people writing, or not writing. If you stopped and thought about it, would you still post it?
I ask that you at least re-read and think about something before you share it with all of social media, not just during this time, but always.