Sheriff's Corner: The good and the bad of social media

I’m a little frustrated by all the negativity through social media lately. No, it’s not just what’s going on with the ambulance or the Sheriff’s Office. It’s much more than that and I wonder what is causing this hate with people. I suspect it’s kind of a mob mentality when people can get each other riled up over a personal post not thinking of how it affects not only the person they are writing about but how friends, family and their community are affected.

Recently my brother’s kids (adults) got into a hateful diatribe on Facebook which resulted in both unfriending each other. I didn’t partic...