No, I haven’t changed. I’m just speaking up. I’ve never found humor in making fun of other people, no matter how innocent it seems. I can’t laugh at someone else’s embarrassment. Because, at one time, that was me.
A simple misunderstanding and people laugh. Or, a cruel joke by someone who thought it was funny to pick on “the new girl”, or “the different one”, or the one who was not like them. Instead of being helpful and kind or gently correcting someone, they must point fingers and laugh.
Furthermore, in this day of social media, it isn’t just one person pointing fingers and laughing. It isn’t just one room of people pointing fingers. It can be an entire WORLD of people making fun of someone because they are different.
All of us have had embarrassing moments at some point in our lives. We might be able to look back upon some of them now and laugh at ourselves. But there are some that are traumatizing.
Self-esteem is a fragile thing. It’s hard to keep ourselves built up when everyone around us is breaking us down. Even a rock wall will crumble with enough heavy pounding. Who could stand up to constantly watching every move to avoid being the center of a nasty media circus?
Social media is full of videos and photos of people being made fun of for one reason or another. Too fat. Outdated mismatched clothes. Misunderstanding instructions. Being victimized by someone.
People laugh at these. And it’s wrong.
No, I haven’t lost my sense of humor. My sense of humor never included making fun of someone else who could just as easily have been me in different circumstances.
When will we get back to caring about each other again as people? As fellow humans? None of us is perfect or is always right.
Where has compassion gone?
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