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It's not a new development that the misinformed, un-researched, spelling and grammar-ignorant people of this world have always felt a need to interject their opinions and "fact based arguments" to anyone who would listen. The only difference of today, this minute and very second is that the multitudes of informants are unnervingly equipped to reach millions.
According to the Huffington Post a recent poll was created on Facebook that asked the question, "Should Obama be killed?" A reported 731 people were able to answer "Yes," "No," "Maybe," and "Yes, if he cuts my health care," to the question before it was removed by the secret service according to the Associated Press.
"We take these things very seriously," said Darrin Blackford, a Secret Service spokesman.
Upon visiting Twitter, Myspace, Facebook or any other social networking Web sites, millions of people fulfill the need to tweet, post, and comment on their relationships, daily routines, and give their opinions on any subject matter. The only problem with these harmless posts lies in a forum made for self-glory, exploited to promote misinformation, suffocation of morals, and violence.
In a recent article from the Washington Post, it is reported that Twitter could be used by terrorist groups in gathering intelligence helpful in organizing a "catastrophic" attack through unmonitored communication via Twitter according to a military intelligence report obtained by the Freedom of American Scientist. Aside from the more serious dangers of the tweets and posts is an inherent threat to our society's "moral compass." According to a University of Southern California study, the human brain is unable to fully process the suffering and anguish a news story can create before being "bombarded" by the next bulletin.
"If things are happening too fast, you may not ever fully experience emotions about other people's psychological states and that would have implications for your morality," said researcher Mary Helen Immordino-Yang.
In correlation with the numbing of morals comes the constant incoherent and erroneous use of the English language, which has become this generation's primary use of communication.
"It's a double-edged sword," said Daniel Davis, a Valley College history student. "If you have friends who don't live in this area you can communicate with them but, you get the benefits and the defects."
Unfortunately these discussions are usually uninformed and are slowly killing genuine communication by those who think before they tweet.
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