The first lady of the US has called for more kindness on the internet. Clearly, she has also eschewed the concepts of hypocrisy and irony
Here is the bad news: social media have devolved into a vile cesspit of hatred, Nazis and lies. Here is the best news: Melania Trump is on the case. On Monday, the first lady of the US hosted a cyberbullying summit, where she called for more kindness on the internet. Combating cyberbullying and teaching kids positive online behaviour is a key part of her Be Best initiative, launched in May.
You don’t have to be Alanis Morissette to see the irony in Trump, the wife of the world’s most infamous internet bully, preaching about the fact social media can be “harmful when used incorrectly”. This was impossible to ignore, particularly as the president spent Monday tweeting insults about his critics. He called the former CIA director John Brennan a “political ‘hack’” and suggested that the justice department official Bruce Ohr should be fired.
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