Some days, the Internet brings out the worst in people. Today was one of those days.
The racist, classist, ageist, and Islamophobic remarks I saw today on Twitter were ASTONISHING. And don’t even get me started on the political and geographic ignorance. For parts of today, I hated humanity. I wanted to find a spaceship, take myself, my cat, and a few friends and family members — the ones who have demonstrated true empathy for others — and rocket off to another planet (maybe something like Naboo?) to start civilization anew.
I disconnected a bit instead. Damn Internet, bringing these horrid views into my head and my life!
It has been said before that a true measure of a society is to what extent empathy is embedded into its core.
Today, we would fail that measure. Actually, I wonder if we’d pass, ever.
