I get a little bit nervous
Anyone else concerned about the way discussions are trending these days? It seems like it’s impossible to have a difference of opinion without it descending into name calling, abuse and insults. My dear friend keeps sending me emails to warn me not to get into threads on social media, because people are just cruel and nasty (and not in a fun way.). She has to do this because I get involved in trying to share an opinion (and frankly, sometimes to correct misinformation) and we’ve seen what happens to those with different viewpoints. I’ve been horrified by the speed with which people are shamed on social media. Sometimes the “offender” has made a simple mistake (like the person who typed “pubic relations” instead of “public relations,” on a government website.) It may be funny, but the way that commenters pounce, you’d swear that they had just copied Herod and ordered the death of all babies in the land. (Incidentally, in the current climate, Herod would probably have a group of su