Does Social Media Bring Out the Worst in People?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist Wednesday, March 16, 2016

If you ever doubted the reality of original sin, just check the comment section on any website.

Chances are, you've never heard of Pfeiffer syndrome. It's a rare genetic disorder that's characterized by the "premature fusion of certain bones of the skull." This fusion "prevents further growth of the skull and affects the shape of the head and face."

This rare condition was the subject of a recent episode that raised important questions about our fallen human nature and how social media can be the occasion for sin.

AliceAnn Meyer's four-year-old son Jameson was born with Pfeiffer syndrome. For the past several years Meyer has been chronicling her experience with Jameson in a blog entitled "Jameson's Journey."

Two years ago she posted a photo of a happy Jameson with his face smeared with the remains of s'mores. To Meyer's horror, people posted the picture on sites such as Instagram, Tumblr, and Facebook with the caption "Your pug . . . is amazing." Almost as bad as that were the thousands of "likes" the picture and the caption received.

Meyer asked the social media sites to remove the picture and caption and they complied. But like a demonic whack-a-mole, no sooner would one site remove the picture than it would appear somewhere else.

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