The Culture of Intollerance, One Tweet at a Time
I had a moment on my way home from work tonight, a revelation of sorts. Was it clarity or simply a longing for something more--simplicity? Civility? Human kindness. Yes, HUMAN kindness. I suppose there has always been unrest in the world. Hatred and war, it's as timeless as Abel and Cain--brother murders brother. I can only imagine how this would play out on the news today. The news stations would show Mother Eve ugly crying, eyes puffy, near fainting and falling out. Adam would stroke her hair and later, he would release a press statement begging that their family be given time to grieve privately. The Twitterverse and Facebook would trend, hash tag RIP Abel or Abel had it coming! Another would post something race-ridden on Facebook about their opinion on the curse of Cain and arguments would erupt in short, poorly formed spittle-sentence. The unfriending would commence without even a request for clarification....