Mean Tweets
A man on Twitter recently told me I need to “grow the hell up.” Well, I think it was a man. His avatar is an egg. His tweet was in response to my comment about a photograph that aired on local news. The picture showed a police officer carrying a limp baby out of a burning house. The infant was wearing a diaper, covered in soot and bleeding from the ankle. Sure, the picture captures the heroism of a first responder. However, as a mother, I found the image disturbing. What if that was your baby? Would you want your child’s lifeless body on the evening news. The baby and his family are in serious condition, but expected to survive. I worked in television for a decade. As a reporter I struggled with stories like these. Now, I don’t have to worry about ratings. Anyway, I am sure that won’t be the last time I am insulted on Twitter. Thank God I am not a celebrity. They get hammered. I love Jimmy Kimmel’s segment where actors, actresses, etc. read mean tweets. This made me laugh out loud:
