Facebook cowards passing judgement

FACEBOOK has made us become judges, jurors and executioners.
But thank God our courts do not decide on cases based on what people say on social media because if it did, everyone would be found guilty and the punishments would be cruel.
Facebook has given people the shameless confidence to voice their unfiltered and unwanted opinions.
Everyone is an expert, thinking their opinions are facts.
When a crime story makes headlines, the comment threads are filled with people thinking that they know better than the authorities.
They pass judgment on suspects.
It’s a good thing society has moved away from public stoning.
If you read comments on social media, you can see the possibility of this happening.
Social media has taken away our empathy and left us cold and cynical.
We have thrown out the old adage: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”.
We hide behind our keyboards.
We’re just cruel cowards just waiting to hang the next person in a long line of victims.
Let’s not be quick to judge.

David Lepi