Opinion
Insults: The Generic Response Of Netizens On Social Media
It baffles the wildest imagination of most social media users who use their own phones and purchase bundles to make posts on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Whatsapp, etc as to how many take delight in making absurd comments on other people’s posts.
It’s gradually becoming a normal trend to receive heavy insults from those who share divergent views from yours on social media. In fact, the weighty nature of these insults carries the tendency to spoil your mood for the entire day!
Whilst time is running very fast towards the December 7 General Election, social media commentators from the two main political divides are receiving backlashes from every single post they make. Why so?
When did going by a chosen directive and making constructive points, analytical comparisons, critiques or criticisms vanish into the thin air?
Are insults becoming the accepted way of responding to those who share different opinions from ours?
