After the events of yesterday in Sydney, that not only affected my home
state but the whole of Australia, my heart broke. It broke for the obvious reasons surrounding the
siege and the outcome but it also broke because of some of the “jokes” people,
some who exist in my social media world, were making with no regard for anyone but themselves (and entertaining their "audiences". I am amazed at the amount of people who commented on inappropriate posts!!!).
I am not going to call out what was said and by who – to be honest I am too disgusted. Why draw even more attention to a small group of people who do not deserve the recognition.
I went through a flurry of emotions after reading some of the comments
they had written. From shock (that I
could know people who though it was ok to be that crass), sadness (someone
could find what they said funny), shame (how did I not know they were like
this?), disgust (for lack of empathy). The
list goes on.
And now the tough question is do I severe ties? I think so…
So if you ever stumble across this blog and know you made an
inappropriate comment on a social media page about the siege in Sydney yesterday, where two
innocent people died, and you then check and realise we are no longer
friends… You were one of those I decided to un-invite out of my life.
I feel sorry for you. For the fact you feel the need to inappropriately joke about something so devastating. You are not welcome in my world.
I feel sorry for you. For the fact you feel the need to inappropriately joke about something so devastating. You are not welcome in my world.
