Facebook plays a big role in our daily life. It makes us share and communicate events in our life. It helps us to make new friends and find the ones that we didn't hear from, for a long time. But at the same time, we misuse the freedom of expression when we start attacking those who post comments that we don't agree with, by using disrespectful words or intentionally, insulting them.
Emil Gharib is a fatherhood adviser and social worker. He is active in social media and on his page, he writes and posts famous words of wisdom, words that promote love, tolerance, peace and harmony.
In this interview, we discuss with Emil, why sometimes, some people who disagree with a comment or a post, they start using bad words, insults and degrading comments against the person on the other side.
Mr Gharib categorise some of those people in three types, the Thinker, who analyses what is written? why it is written? then, he or she post their comments in an appropriate manner. Then there is the chatter, who likes to comment on anything posted, asserting his or her view and interests, without giving a weight to the post. Then there is a person who just comments for the sake of commenting.
Mr Emil Gharib says that it is very important we control our emotions when we disagree on a post or comment. we should always (pause) for a moment, read the post or comment again, that will give our brain the right judgement and hence, our reaction will be much different.
He concludes by reminding us with a passage that says:
(You are wrong if you think you are right and I am wrong. I am wrong when I think I am right and you are wrong. But we both are right when we think we are both right)