Post by swurveman on May 19, 2017 15:47:19 GMT -6
Yesterday, I found out that the New York City car murderer, Richard Rojas, killed a friend of mine's relative - Alyssa Elsman - and critically wounded her 13 year old sister Ava Elsman along with injuring 21 other people.
I went on YouTube to watch some video- and after watching reports of the details- I (unfortunately) read some of the comments. I could not believe what I was reading. From people calling it "fake news" to people trying to politicize it to people calling the girls whores etc. etc.
I was stunned by the sick minds of so many people and how social media has opened up this stream of filth with no filters. This was a real person who died along with real people who were wounded, but so many of these people were focused on everything else but the actual tragedy to these real people and their family and friends.
I worry that this outpouring of crap could make things even worse as people, emotionally detached from actual events, fearlessly spout every ugly thought that comes into their minds. I wonder how this ugly genie can be put back in the bottle and think there is nothing good in these streams of unfiltered crap.
I know this is a music forum, but yesterday was a very bad day and I just pray that good can overcome what seems to be an increasingly evil world. I commend everybody here where we have a good community. We restrain our emotions and stick to constructive ideas. Even when there is conflict it is mostly worked out through patience and reason. There's a lot of good in the internet, but there's a lot of bad too. I don't have any answers, but something felt wrong to me. So, I put it out there. It really hits home when the tragedy is personal.
-Rant over
RIP Alyssa
Prayers for Ava and her family and all the victims and their families.
I went on YouTube to watch some video- and after watching reports of the details- I (unfortunately) read some of the comments. I could not believe what I was reading. From people calling it "fake news" to people trying to politicize it to people calling the girls whores etc. etc.
I was stunned by the sick minds of so many people and how social media has opened up this stream of filth with no filters. This was a real person who died along with real people who were wounded, but so many of these people were focused on everything else but the actual tragedy to these real people and their family and friends.
I worry that this outpouring of crap could make things even worse as people, emotionally detached from actual events, fearlessly spout every ugly thought that comes into their minds. I wonder how this ugly genie can be put back in the bottle and think there is nothing good in these streams of unfiltered crap.
I know this is a music forum, but yesterday was a very bad day and I just pray that good can overcome what seems to be an increasingly evil world. I commend everybody here where we have a good community. We restrain our emotions and stick to constructive ideas. Even when there is conflict it is mostly worked out through patience and reason. There's a lot of good in the internet, but there's a lot of bad too. I don't have any answers, but something felt wrong to me. So, I put it out there. It really hits home when the tragedy is personal.
-Rant over
RIP Alyssa
Prayers for Ava and her family and all the victims and their families.
