Boston Bombing On Social Media: Are People Becoming Insensitive?

CHICK CHAT: It’s Time To Set Some Rules About Appropriate Use Of Social Media During A Tragedy - Page 2

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We’ve developed an unexplainable fetish where not only do we lust in the agony and horror of others, but now we share it with our friends, bringing the old adage “misery loves company” to new heights.

Okay, yes, not everyone or everything on social media is negative. Separated family members have found one another using Facebook and I can’t get enough of Kid President, his cheeks, two piece suit and that lisp that makes him even more lovable, but those sweet moments–the moments that make your heart smile–are so few and far between, they’re becoming obsolete in today. Kinda like phone booths or the milk man. What and who?!

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Not only do we no longer care, we’re turning people’s pain into fodder. Countless inappropriate memes and Tweets were made after Louisville Guard Kevin Ware broke his leg. Photos of the actual bone protruding from the 20 year old’s leg forced some to look away out of pure inability to stomach the sight, but became a sick fascination for most. The fascination made Ware into the butt of several online jokes, that were just not funny.

Is no one else scared? Am I the only one worried that social media coupled with this laissez-faire attitude to life’s most dangerous and faith-shaking events taking place is slowly turning us all into robots?

Is social media ushering us into a world where having emotion, shedding a tear or at the very least exercising tact, is slowly become a thing of the past? We’ve willingly forfeited our privacy with social media, but is human decency on its way out too?

What do you think about social media at the times of tragedy? Let’s get a conversation going.

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