As an almost-22-year-old I know that this is the time of my life where I can and will make the most mistakes, and hopefully learn from them. I have learned terms like accountability, responsibility and consequences, and I am sure that when she got her job in the white house she know them too. Sleeping with a married man over twice her age that also happen to be the president of the United States, you know there is going to be consequences.
Back in 1998 something going viral was definitely new, and I believe that this scandal was one of the first ones of its kind when it comes to media coverage. But we now live in 2016, online bullying and shaming are not unfamiliar, and I do believe we are desensitized on the matter. Do we care? maybe. I rarely do. People can have their 15 minutes of fame, and it genuinely does not make a difference in my life. We are so exposed to "big news" all the time, people mess up all the time, and we literally cannot care about everything.
I believe that it is easy to hide behind an anonymous screen, and it is easy to forget that the target of all the mean comments and shameful remarks is an actual person, and therefor showing compassion is not always that easy. The golden rule says that you should treat people the way you want to be treated, and I think that would make the online world a better place, or even only say the words you would be comfortable face to face.
I have personally called out a few bullies online, I was never the target but some close friends were. Calling them out in the comment section usually does not help. I think some of that compassion also has to be for the bully that also does not want to be humiliated. i have sent personal messages just letting them know that what they are doing is not OK or acceptable. Other times, I have reported them to whatever social media platform is being used. I do feel like there is not much else to do. And that is probably in the fear of having the target move over to me. Like everyone else, I do not want to be the center of ridicule. That is the selfish thing to do, and you can call me a coward, I do not wake up every day with a goal of pleasing the internet, but the people around me. The rest seem to irrelevant.
I believe that it is easy to hide behind an anonymous screen, and it is easy to forget that the target of all the mean comments and shameful remarks is an actual person, and therefor showing compassion is not always that easy. The golden rule says that you should treat people the way you want to be treated, and I think that would make the online world a better place, or even only say the words you would be comfortable face to face.
I have personally called out a few bullies online, I was never the target but some close friends were. Calling them out in the comment section usually does not help. I think some of that compassion also has to be for the bully that also does not want to be humiliated. i have sent personal messages just letting them know that what they are doing is not OK or acceptable. Other times, I have reported them to whatever social media platform is being used. I do feel like there is not much else to do. And that is probably in the fear of having the target move over to me. Like everyone else, I do not want to be the center of ridicule. That is the selfish thing to do, and you can call me a coward, I do not wake up every day with a goal of pleasing the internet, but the people around me. The rest seem to irrelevant.
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