Originally Posted by
Myfingershurt
You mean exposed the true nature of humanity. How most people feel nothing but disdain for others and will gladly share such opinions behind the virtual wall of social media. I agree. FB is the devil.
Yup.
People's thoughts and opinions are not usually set in stone, they can be rather tentative and fluid.
FB, etc allows them to spew garbage with impunity (maybe even cheered on in their echo chamber of choice), which re-enforces those thought patterns.
In the old days if someone has a tentative thought they're going to vet that in the context of "if I say that out loud, is this guy going to punch me in the face?". If they're afraid to say it, they may wonder if they should be thinking it. Stupid or extreme thought patterns tend to get constrained, at least until enough people start agreeing with you that.