You see, earlier today, I ran into an interesting article, which I posted up on facebook, because I like sharing stories about people being awesome.
The article is worth a read, but I’ll summarize: There was a guy who ran a website for something called “Revenge Porn.” (Which I’d happily never heard of before this.) Apparently he posted naked pictures of women online and encouraged his followers to harass them, call their employers, and generally make their lives hell. Most of the pictures he used were stolen, faked, or handed over by disgruntled ex-boyfriends.
The article explains how a woman found her daughter’s picture on his website, and after finding out what an asshole he was, engineered his downfall in a serious old testament way. It was some lovely not-one-stone-left-upon-another shit.
Anyway, I posted up the link and wandered away. Not thinking much else about it.
An hour or so later I came back and took at peek at the post. I don’t read my facebook comment threads, but I do occasionally look in on them to make sure nothing is on fire.
And, as chance would have it, things were slightly on fire.
The moral of the story is: there can be thoughtful discussion on the internet.