I find it absolutely amazing how some people are so completely ignorant. Let me tell you why I feel that ignorance is such a major problem in this world:
I was on Facebook & saw that there was a Suicide Awareness event, which is helping to prevent more suicides from happening. We as people are supposed to stick together & try to find a way to stop this tragedy from happening.
Well, I wasn't keeping up with the awful conversations that were being had on the wall of this event & when my boyfriend informed me about this, I was shocked. Here are a few of the many horrendous comments that were posted:
Ching Chang Chong writes, "post porn in honor of the fallen ones."
Joel Jacobz writes, "I vote we have a special Suicide Day for Pakis so they can all go around blowing themselves up, we could make a party out of it!"
So today, I wrote something on the event's wall: "This page is absolutely absurd. I cannot believe the comments that are being posted on a SUICIDE AWARENESS page. If you don't have anything supportive or heartfelt to say about this sore subject, don't comment. It is not okay for anyone of any race, gender, or sexuality to commit suicide. It is a tragedy & people should be trying to stop it-not post these awful comments. Why don't you all grow up & start helping instead of hurting? As a result of this immaturity, I'm officially going to put myself as Not Attending this event."
In a matter of seconds, I received 8 comments. I'll post a few:
Mc Alpha writes, "Ignorant. You are ignorant of the fact that suicide weeds out the week people. The people who don't deserve to live."
Michael Marrero writes, "tl;dr attention whore, no f**ks for you."
Then after that, pornography was posted on the wall.
I have a couple questions:
1. Why isn't the creator of this page shutting the page down? Was this the purpose of the page?
2. People have their pages shut down all the time for minor things. This is no "minor thing." This page contains porn along with verbally offense material. Facebook is not doing its job to monitor their site & this has to be taken care of.
If you are reading this, please spread the word. Suicide should be taken seriously. People in my high school as well as colleges have committed suicide & it is not a matter to be taken lightly. Moreover, DO NOT be involved in this Suicide Awareness Day event. As a matter of fact, try & stop it. Do your part & speak up.
Until next time... ciao 💗
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Unfortunately responsibility seems to evade some people. Bigotry often surrounds those that are ignorant. I commend you on your attention to this matter and you are right, it is not to be taken lightly.
ReplyDeleteThose that make these comments exists and will not go away, just because you get the site or the event taken down. The better thing to do would be let them make their comments and for you to counter comment and hope that you get through to some people that this matter is not to be taken lightly. Controversy sometimes brings attention to a topic and puts it smack in the middle of the spot light. So any controversy or negative attention isn't necessarily a bad thing. THINK ABOUT HOW TO USE THIS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
People nowadays think they have the power to do whatever they please or say whatever they please..and especially coming from our generation. It keeps getting worse and worse with each new generation because each generation abuses the technology and power thats at their disposal. Therefore they have the mentality that they can do whatever they want and have no thought for the reality of any consequences to follow their actions.
ReplyDeleteSuicide is a huge problem with our military personnel due to the stress of war. I work for the DOD and Suicide Prevention Training is mandated for us. Of course we joke about the training before attending, but after the training we go back to the office with a much different frame of mind on the subject matter. This economy hits adults with a huge impact on our lives, i.e. job loss, soring gas & property/school tax rises, foreclosures, etc. Hopelessness doesn't only affect the military, but everyone.
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