Many people have a wide array of opinions about how to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic appropriately. Furthermore, they seem interested in expressing those opinions on social media.
No matter where you fall in the spectrum of how our nation has handled things so far, we can likely all agree online debates can get ugly. Yet here we are.
Yet it’s so easy to fire off a chastising or sassy tweet, text or post to those we don’t agree with. All you have to do is hit send. Will that actually help the situation or just provide you a moment of instant gratification?
In Kansas, some made it clear they don’t like the state’s phased approach to opening up and have begun openly criticizing Gov. Laura Kelly and her plan.
Recently, Kelly came under fire for online speculation — spread mostly across social media — that she had gotten a salon-worthy haircut. Memes were made. Knowing whether it was true or not didn’t seem to matter.
Kelly admitted she had gotten a haircut but not by a professional. No, instead, her husband gave her the trim.
“It scared the bejesus out of me when I first let him do that, but I had no choice,” Kelly told the editorial advisory board. “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”
Story closed. But we ask this: When has bickering on social media ever led to someone overtly changing their mind on a large scale policy? Could people spend their time doing something a bit more enjoyable or productive? Absolutely.
It’s perfectly fine to disagree and have discourse, but when it comes to name-calling or pointing out personal peccadilloes it’s probably better to keep it to yourself.
