The fact that the election is finally over excites me more than the upcoming holidays. Prior to the World Series being over, my entire timeline and news feed was cluttered with Detroit Tiger updates and election directed opinions.
The World Series ended, unfavorably to the Tigers, and the tweets stopped. What drove me crazy was when Obama won, people were beyond disrespectful in their social media outputs. He may not have been the candidate said person wanted to win, but he did. And he is our president and that needs to be respected. The inconsiderate context of a lot of tweets was appalling. People from my hometown were in an uproar that Obama walked away with another four years. They were saying how he was going to ruin the country because he was going to promote gay marriage, not even taking into consideration that legalizing gay marriage is more of a state issue than a federal one.
Several people of the Republican party were posting how they could now drop out of school. They proclaimed that since welfare was such a reliable and easy source of income, there was no need to work hard for a good job anymore. A lot of hate tweets and hate statuses were posted, and my mind kept flashing back to that girl who is under investigation for telling someone to kill Obama in a tweet a couple of months ago. I was curious as to whether people I know were aware of the consequences for some of the things they were saying. I don’t think people are as informed about social media consequences as they should be. There are kids posting whatever is on their mind, and a lot of it is offensive. An employer is going to take that into consideration during their hiring process and it could potentially cost them job opportunity. Being upset about something doesn’t give you a free pass to insult the man running our country. People need to think before they speak, or tweet for that matter. What is said in ones own homes won’t harm them, but putting it out for the entire world wide web to see can potentially cause some damage.