Mr.Bishop
Mob justice is fucking dangerous. Now the story of him committing suicide hasn't been properly verified... but if it was true that means that reddit mob justice actually killed a person. The people involved murdered someone behind their internet anonymity.
The internet is real. What you do/say has real consequences and we should be horribly concerned as to what we're doing with that.
I actually heard about that. Lately I have noticed a lot of this kind of stuff going on. The worst part is when innocent cops end up on the wrong end of a gun because of those people that feel like they are doing a service because of all the shitty stuff they see about cops every day in facebook posts.
We are conditioned to think a certain way when facebook gears towards trending topics and sometimes it can go south really quickly. I have been trying to stay out of forming an opinion on certain issues out of pure emotion when I'm at my most vulnerable time to make poor judgement of commenting. I see lots of people who form an opinion right away and then as soon as they do that, they have basically already said "Fuck every bit of evidence from this point forward I know this is the way it is" and then that's how they leave the situation. As for me I try and understand what kind of mindset the man/woman was in. I try and think of any conceivable way that it might just be a misunderstanding or maybe someone really just had no idea what they were doing until it was too late.
There is one quote that after I have heard it I always try and bring my mindset back to it to try and regain my center ground. The quote is this: "anything human, can not be alien to me". Meaning that any action any human being commits no matter what the crime or injustice they have committed could have been anyone under the right circumstances. In other words it could even be me under the right conditions.
We are all human beings and we are all basically made up the same the only difference is our knowledge. Under the right circumstances we are all capable of murder. I think that saying holds more truth now and is something to reflect on when making decisions.
I am personally trying to lead a better life by trying to set a good example. For the past 2 months I have been thinking of something I am thankful or grateful for. I honestly encourage everyone to do the same thing. It has done more for me in the past 2 months than getting angry over stuff I can not change with a negative mindset has done for me in my entire life. Maybe it's because I'm more mature, or maybe it's because I have been striving to just live my life in a positive way in hopes that other people will see it and decide to do the same.
As much as I'd hate to bring up self promotion I feel like this is the perfect time to bring up my Facebook page I've been doing for pure fun for about 2+ months (the link is in my signature). It's called positive world project, and I hope it's pretty much self explanatory. As a heads up to anyone thinking their going to disturb the peace. Me and a few other friends of mine manage the page and we actually delete anything that is negative or is only meant to disrupt the peace.