The Newtown, Connecticut massacre was tragic, to say the least. If anything good is to come out of it, it should be the spark of conversation and hopefully, ACTION with regards to the United Sates gun culture and mental health awareness.
Like millions of others around the world, I was glued to twitter and various News sources, eagerly anticipating updates and answers. WHY did this happen? HOW it can be controlled? Frankly, massacres are becoming tragically common, especially in the United States.
The day after the shooting occurred, I was thinking about posting a typical post about how my thoughts were with the victims and that the US needed to take immediate action. In addition I was going to add the usual 'Sufya Sass" adding, "...I swear if I see any pictures using this tragedy to gain "likes" "shares" or tweets to gain followers, I will go H.A.M". But I told myself, no we are not THAT desensitized to the world, this isn't about a sad panda in need of likes, this is real life, real lives and real tragedy.
Yet, every time I sign into Facebook I see someone is asking for a "like" to support this victim or this message. What in the actual f*ck guys?? I understand the want to spread awareness for tragedy and that curiosity naturally draws us to finding answers but when you end a beautifully written piece with "like to show support" it draws my focus away from the message and onto a need for "instant fame" It's f*cking stupid and does NOTHING to help ease pain for the families or the community.
Makes me question the relevance of Facebook, does it even matter anymore when people an contribute meaningful content on sites like Twitter? UGH!!
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
amanda todd
Everyone is well aware of the story of Amanda Todd, the 15 year old girl who committed suicide after being bullied for over 2 years for flashing someone over a webcam when she was in the 7th grade. The story, the video, all of it has been dissected to within an inch of its existence, and the publics out pouring of sympathy has been overwhelming. Personally I have a few issues with this entire story.
People, young adults in particular, have taken to "social activism" which I define as "liking" or "retweeting" something powerful and feigning intrest for the time period in which this issue is prevalent and then moving on without a thought to the issue. It's because society is lazy and value notoriety for doing something "good" rather than ACTUALLY benefiting the cause.
"The media" functions under a 3 week news cycle, where they will discuss something incessantly and tell you all the things you should be feeling as a result. As soon as that dries up, they move on immediately, focusing solely on the task at hand. Guaranteed this story will have dropped off the face of the mainstream media in that period of time. And while we can only hope that something good comes from this, such as an anti bullying cause etc, there really is no telling, because hardly anyone will care to look.
With the immense outpouring of greif for the loss of Amanda, especially under the umbrella of her final message, in which she simply states "I have nobody...I need someone." (still gives me goose bumps to read that) there has been a HUGE backlash! For whatever reason, people feel the need to express their anger over the fact that Amandas story is gaining all this attention when people are committing suicide over being bullied everyday and no one knows. (See Below) I mean, this is a VALID point, a lot of people aren't gaining nearly the same amount of attention, HOWEVER it's gotten to the point where they aren't focusing on the poor dead girl but once again notoriety. It's NOT Amanda's fault that her video had this type of reaction, and that the media put so much focus on her. Believe it or not she has no control of the situation and to use a page dedicated to her after death to spread your message is just disrespectful to her memory.
I guess what i'm trying to say is, people are greedy and needy. Even when they're trying to do good, they are only looking to please themselves. *sigh*
People, young adults in particular, have taken to "social activism" which I define as "liking" or "retweeting" something powerful and feigning intrest for the time period in which this issue is prevalent and then moving on without a thought to the issue. It's because society is lazy and value notoriety for doing something "good" rather than ACTUALLY benefiting the cause.
"The media" functions under a 3 week news cycle, where they will discuss something incessantly and tell you all the things you should be feeling as a result. As soon as that dries up, they move on immediately, focusing solely on the task at hand. Guaranteed this story will have dropped off the face of the mainstream media in that period of time. And while we can only hope that something good comes from this, such as an anti bullying cause etc, there really is no telling, because hardly anyone will care to look.
With the immense outpouring of greif for the loss of Amanda, especially under the umbrella of her final message, in which she simply states "I have nobody...I need someone." (still gives me goose bumps to read that) there has been a HUGE backlash! For whatever reason, people feel the need to express their anger over the fact that Amandas story is gaining all this attention when people are committing suicide over being bullied everyday and no one knows. (See Below) I mean, this is a VALID point, a lot of people aren't gaining nearly the same amount of attention, HOWEVER it's gotten to the point where they aren't focusing on the poor dead girl but once again notoriety. It's NOT Amanda's fault that her video had this type of reaction, and that the media put so much focus on her. Believe it or not she has no control of the situation and to use a page dedicated to her after death to spread your message is just disrespectful to her memory.
I guess what i'm trying to say is, people are greedy and needy. Even when they're trying to do good, they are only looking to please themselves. *sigh*
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| "RIP Amanda Todd" - Facebook |
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| "RIP Amanda Todd" - Facebook |
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| "Jessie J- Who You Are" Video - Youtube |
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