You, sitting at home with your friends, might happen across an amusing picture and chuckle at it. Maybe even take some joy at some else's pain - we all do that occasionally, it's fairly human. While it's not a good thing to do all the time, you can enjoy yourself and your friends in privacy. Maybe even poke some good-natured fun.
But those comments should remain in your living room. If you saw this person in the middle of the town square, and pointed and laughed at them - that's an incredibly, stupendously dick thing to do. It not only is insulting and mean, it encourages others to do the same thing.
Real people get hurt. Children commit suicide every year due to online bullying, and adults too. The emotional scars that don't kill will still hurt for years. Don't be the biggest douchebag in the world, and keep your comments to your living room - and to yourself.
You, sitting at home with your friends, might happen across an amusing picture and chuckle at it. Maybe even take some joy at some else's pain - we all do that occasionally, it's fairly human. While it's not a good thing to do all the time, you can enjoy yourself and your friends in privacy. Maybe even poke some good-natured fun.
But those comments should remain in your living room. If you saw this person in the middle of the town square, and pointed and laughed at them - that's an incredibly, stupendously dick thing to do. It not only is insulting and mean, it encourages others to do the same thing.
Real people get hurt. Children commit suicide every year due to online bullying, and adults too. The emotional scars that don't kill will still hurt for years. Don't be the biggest douchebag in the world, and keep your comments to your living room - and to yourself.