Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib (A.S) The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget'.
There is something I have been recently, wondering. Something no one talks about. And it has become a dreadful part of our lives. It is deteriorating our society bit by bit and it stays there. No one to hear it. No one to raise their voice on it. Let me give a cloudless vision. I'm talking about 'Media Shaming'. It has become one of the most common activity in our daily life. Hence, most of us, are involved contagiously, in passing the worst forms of comments on something we find, inappropriate, or rather abhorrent. But have we failed to realize, why is it done in the first place?
It is like an usual affair, scrolling into your social media account, catching an eye, on something which is, 'made fun of', therefore, becomes a new source of entertainment and then we bully the person to which the post is referred to. We shame them, just by posting a comment.
Why have we become a society to discourage than to encourage the people around us? Why do we have to bully people to make them realize they don't 'fit in'? Has it become a trend, to shame people not coming from the same mindset as we do? Or rather than focusing on the real problems, we have made this a bigger one?
Moreover, we find someone's video- a personal video on the internet, what would be our reaction? Write down an embarrasing comment for them, share it further, pass it on?
But why? How would we feel, if the same happens with us? How can we let 'media shaming' become a good laugh for us. Yet, we keep lowering the self confidence and self esteem of our own, women, men, children and anyone trying to grow within the society! Somehow, I do understand, sometimes, we do it just to groom someone. But we cannot possibly groom someone by killing their inner self. By making them feel miserable about their own self.
Posting dreadful things about them. How can we possibly have such a right over any human life?
Likewise, we forget, the people we are 'reviewing' about, have a family too. Yes, they do. And they read what we write. So, it directly has a severe impact on their families too. The individuals, we actually, 'bad mouth' about, may have their issues of how they socialize, how they connect, how they communicate and how they blend in; it won't be in anyhow in our way. They maybe different. It is not silhouetted that we all share the same heart and personality. And just by 'shaming' them, why do we add to our sins? Why do we want to become an individual's reason of failure and depression?
It is like an usual affair, scrolling into your social media account, catching an eye, on something which is, 'made fun of', therefore, becomes a new source of entertainment and then we bully the person to which the post is referred to. We shame them, just by posting a comment.
Why have we become a society to discourage than to encourage the people around us? Why do we have to bully people to make them realize they don't 'fit in'? Has it become a trend, to shame people not coming from the same mindset as we do? Or rather than focusing on the real problems, we have made this a bigger one?
Moreover, we find someone's video- a personal video on the internet, what would be our reaction? Write down an embarrasing comment for them, share it further, pass it on?
But why? How would we feel, if the same happens with us? How can we let 'media shaming' become a good laugh for us. Yet, we keep lowering the self confidence and self esteem of our own, women, men, children and anyone trying to grow within the society! Somehow, I do understand, sometimes, we do it just to groom someone. But we cannot possibly groom someone by killing their inner self. By making them feel miserable about their own self.
Posting dreadful things about them. How can we possibly have such a right over any human life?
Likewise, we forget, the people we are 'reviewing' about, have a family too. Yes, they do. And they read what we write. So, it directly has a severe impact on their families too. The individuals, we actually, 'bad mouth' about, may have their issues of how they socialize, how they connect, how they communicate and how they blend in; it won't be in anyhow in our way. They maybe different. It is not silhouetted that we all share the same heart and personality. And just by 'shaming' them, why do we add to our sins? Why do we want to become an individual's reason of failure and depression?
Why not make an effort to terminate this disease from our society? If it overcomes our limit, how about we just let it go?
For the peace of ourself and others!
Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib (A.S) quoted, 'The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget'.
For the peace of ourself and others!
Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib (A.S) quoted, 'The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget'.
-Ayesha Sheikh
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