What happened to empathy???
Sometimes it feels like people don’t want honesty anymore they only want to hear what agrees with them. The moment you share a different opinion, even respectfully, some people immediately turn hostile, downvote you, mock you, or try to make you feel small just because they disagree.
And the strange part is: if you say too much, they judge you. If you say too little, they judge you too. If you’re kind, they question you. If you’re direct, they attack you. There’s almost no way to “win” with everyone anymore.
Whatever happened to empathy? To listening without trying to destroy someone over a comment? People forget there’s a real human being behind the screen.
It’s honestly sad how normalized cruelty and bitterness have become online. Disagreement used to create conversation. Now it just creates hostility.