People Suck

Let me begin by congratulating Jameis Winston on his Heisman trophy win, and his FSU team for their national victory. It was a crowning moment.

Despite the crowning moment, negativity crept in, and guess who the culprit was?: social media.

I love social media, so this is not an "I hate" social media rant. This is an I don't like how people use social media to be jerks.

Now mind you, this young man celebrated his 20th birthday on yesterday, received the most prestigious award for a college athlete, led his team to a national championship, and just survived one of the most difficult years of his young life (he recently was acquitted of rape charges, after a local DA decided there was not enough evidence to prosecute), and all people can focus on was how unintelligent his post game speech was?

With social media as both their weapon and their savior because of anonymity, they raked this young man over the coals. The sad thing is, the most vocal jerks leading the pack, were people old enough to be his parents...seriously? Your life is so empty and devoid of happiness, that you have to spend your time slandering a 20 year old? Get a grip!

Why can't we just be happy for people? I bet if we placed a mic in front of some of those same people at 20 after experiencing such a life changing event, they would not have given half the speech that Jameis did.

Obviously, people should think before they speak, or in this case, tweet.  But I guess that I am asking for too much, so that is why people suck


Until next time.....