When we follow current affairs on social networks, we see how fleeting our interests are, and how in one day we are shedding a tear over the disturbing images of refugees fleeing war, arriving in a place full of hope and which become a challenge of inhumanity and intolerance, and on the other, we have already debated the “intolerable” gaffe by José Rodrigues dos Santos, on the RTP1 newscast, for having induced the sexuality of an elected deputy in the legislatures.
And so active are we all. In social networks everything is allowed, hidden in profiles that give us the false feeling of a confessional where we can say everything that is in our soul, without waiting for a look, or critical words that confront what seem to be our reasons. And if there are, authentic forums for disputes of ideas and insults are created. The impression it gives is that we are attentive, informed and interventionist people ready to debate on any subject, full of ideas and certainties. But that’s the question, how do these people act and defend their interests? Is what they say on social media actually what they end up doing? Do environmentalists ever forget the ecopoint? Or are vegetarians not tempted by meat? Will VW critics ever buy a Golf? Will those who defend the decriminalization of abortion ever vote for the right? Behavior on social networks is perhaps the most expressive mirror of what human beings are, in essence. Because in the darkness of the keyboard we can free our entire Being. It seems to me that more and more people who dedicate themselves to these things of communication have to deepen their knowledge of the Being, in order to anticipate and act.
Sofia Alcobia
