Okay so I'm going to stray from my sports topic for just one of these blog posts because something is going on that I have a lot to say about. Every day there is a new controversial topic going on at Kennedy, enough that I could probably carry on about 3 separate blogs just devoted to that. Now, I just had to write my thoughts on this topic because it is something I feel really strongly about.
The Twitter Crisis, it's worked its way up through the ranks to be the top topic to be heard in the Kennedy High School Hallways. I don't think that there is a person in this school that knows nothing about it, because news travels fast.
It all started a couple of days ago when some anonymous Twitter accounts were made. They exposed some really awful things about people. Some things I have heard before just as rumors at Kennedy, and others are brand new to me. I don't understand what went on in the peoples minds, and why they needed to do this.
Did something go wrong in their childhood? Are they too insecure about themselves that they have to go put other people down? Did they think they wouldn't get caught?
Everyone was trying to figure out who made the JFK_hoes Twitter account. I think it was actually sick how popular it got. It went from about 20 followers in the morning, to hundreds THAT night. It's ridiculous that people gave it that much attention. If nobody would have followed it and disregarded the tweets, it wouldn't even be a big deal right now. Honestly, I was guilty of it too, and even though I didn't follow it then I still checked periodically to see what they were tweeting. I didn't find it funny though. I found some of the stuff they were saying to just be rude and nasty. Half the stuff probably wasn't even true, and I saw how emotionally hurt some people were after seeing their names posted.
It was weird because even on the flip side some people were disappointed that they weren't the target of these awful posts. I heard a girl say in the hallway "I wish we were cool enough to be mentioned on @CR_Roast, that would probably never happen." And she was sad about it! What kind of person wants to be targeted and called mean things just to gain popularity? That showed that this whole Twitter thing was just a big joke. A not funny one, but a stupid, mean, hateful joke that nobody should have started.
The thing that really touched me was the next morning, when Dr. W. came on announcements to talk about it. She meant business to say that the accounts needed to be shut down now. Even the cop went on announcements to say that the shenanigans needed to stop and the person responsible would be caught and charged. I don't know how she is going to find out who is doing it, but it is worth a shot.
After those announcements, Mrs. Bark, my Spanish 3 teacher asked us what was going on. Apparently many teachers hadn't heard about the awful things happening. We told her, and she was almost in tears because she didn't know how people could be so mean to each other. The conversation she had with us was really touching and made me thing a lot about cyberbullying and bullying in general. There have been kids that have killed themselves because of this type of stuff. It really hurts to see someone going so far and being so hurtful on the fake Twitter accounts. It really sets a bad example and is against all of what Kennedy is about.
The accounts are off of the site now, but the hurt they caused people I'm sure will live forever.
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