I think the first time I saw the words “Mean People Suck” it was on a bumper sticker in the parking lot at a Wal-Mart somewhere in the Midwest. Some people say a band wrote a song back in the early 1980s called “Mean People Suck” and that’s where the saying came from.
Another one of my favorite bumper stickers is, “Tough Times Won’t Last, But Tough People Will.” I will save that for another day.
Nonetheless, mean people really do suck and it’s been evident lately. Here’s what I mean.
It’s always interesting to me when a major crime or event happens in or around Great Falls, Montana. The event seems to bring out the worst in people – especially those who get their bravery because they are posting from their Facebook account to the Facebook pages of the local newspaper (Great Falls Tribune) and the one television station (KRTV) that has a strong social media program.
It’s a tough job policing your newspaper and television station’s Facebook page and the comment sections on their websites. They need the traffic on their sites, and over the years they have come a long way in policing the comments. That journey continues…
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