Been reading Bee reporter Cynthia Hubert’s series following a child with cancer. The series is heartbreaking. And yet, in reading the comments from readers I am stunned by how many people are critical of the child’s mother, some suggesting she’s enjoying her “fame,” others criticizing her for buying her dying child a video game while accepting donations to pay medical bills.
These sort of comments stike me as mean-spirited and devoid of empathy. Depressing to think so many nasty people are my neighbors here. Are we meaner than people in other places, or is this just par for the course everywhere these days?
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It’s everywhere. It is truly the “me generation.” They/We are the first to tell someone how to do something but accept no responsibility or criticism. It’s all about having the biggest car, talking on the cell phone and no family values. The first to tell
you what you should be doing and how to do it.
She may be enjoying “her fame” or it’s just the way she looks at things from her view. Who is to
say if she is right or wrong.
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You think that’s mean? How about the comments on the story of the house that caught on fire on 27th St? The comments had less to do with injuries to the occupants and firemen than with the author’s mislabeling of 27th St. as “downtown” instead of “midtown” and calling the home a “Victorian” when the house pictured was a “Crafstman” bungalow.
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No it’s not just here. That “mean” mentality is everywhere.
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Not just here? Damn it. I was hoping to escape and run to nicer pastures.
It has gotten way meaner in the last few years, though…
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