A popular and controversial radio personality died today following a long battle with cancer. His passing was met with sorrow from many and intense anger from many.
His name is not important for this item. I've reflected for the last few hours about the comments posted about him on social media since news of his passing was shared late this morning. I liked the many messages offering prayers and condolences. I think such expressions are good releases for those who post them.
I also read many messages from people who said they were happy the man was dead. They called him vile names and stated they knew he was in hell. I knew people would post such bitter messages, but they were disheartening to read, and they could not be separated out from the heartfelt postings.
I suppose some have greeted the deaths of others with hatred and venom since humans first crawled up from the muck. But doing so takes so little effort these days. Spew some anger through a keyboard, press a button, and send hatred out through the Internet. It happens nearly every hour of every day.
And I think every time such messages are posted a bit of our collective humanity dies with it. And that's something we all should mourn, I think.
-- Thank you for reading. Comments are always welcome.
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