Social Media Shaming

I consider myself a fairly liberal person socially and politically. I try to consider all people's thoughts, beliefs, and journeys as much as humanly possible. But I am not perfect. I do mess up by saying inappropriate words such as "retarded" or "midget". I do put my foot in my mouth more than a normal person. However, I consider myself a person who is emphatic to others. 

I know that I am not the only who is irritated by social media posts going on lately with people shaming and hate. My heart hurts for the parents who lost their child to the alligator attack in Florida, all the people shot in the Florida gay club and the gorilla who was shoot and killed because a child fell into its habitat. All incident are horrible and I wish they never happened. But they did. Everyone on social media is posting their opinions of the tragedies on their pages and fighting against everyone who doesn't agree. Social media has given everyone an outlet to shame everyone and that does not agree with their agenda. They do not expect to get shamed back. Which surprises me the most!

Today is Father's day. Someone posted on their social media page saying that some people may have lost their fathers or were abused by their father so please refrain from posting on social media about Father's day because it may hurt someone's feelings. This post aggravated me very much. It is basically saying "Please don't be happy about your family because other people aren't, so don't shove it in their face." So what is considered an appropriate post online? 

This post specifically affected me because I did just lose my father. My father died on Feb. 14. But I love seeing my friends, acquaintances, and family members showing off pictures and thank you posts to their nearest and dearest. It makes me happy that my friends are happy. Life is too short to be offended by every little thing and it must be so tiring to be on guard so often. I understand why people would be upset to see father's day posts. I understand why it may be hard to see a person who see in an abuser situation getting celebrated. But do we have to put such a heavy weight on the people around us who are not having problem? There is so much sadness in this world, why must be force our sadness on others?

Shame on you, Shamers.