We have heard recently how so much fake news has been put on
Facebook and so many people believe it before it is put to rest as lies. I have
read a ton of them and try my best not to re post them. Just yesterday I saw
were someone posted that Sylvester Stallone was dead and there was a ton of
comments about it. In the end it turned out to be all lies. I just deleted it
and keep on going. But just this week this kind of crap has hit home and I am
so shocked.
Let me explain. My sixteen year old grandson had a two inch
pen knife in his pocket, forgot to take it out of his pocket and went to
school. He was suspended from school for that violation for five days. I can
understand that. Even though my grandson would never hurt anyone, not even a
animal, he was wrong even though he did it without even thinking. We all do
things sometimes without thinking. But he was wrong and he even admits that and
understands why he was suspended. He did his time so to speak and went back to
school thinking this was behind him.
Now here lies the problem. A young lady who goes to the same
school posted on her Facebook page that she was told, (did not know for a fact)
that my grandson was going to stab people and he had a list of names to do
this. She has over a 1000 friends who saw this post and it was then
reposted. Of course this was all lies.
But because of the lie and the confusion it caused my grandson was not allowed
to go on his class trip to New York. This was all because of the discord sown
by this girl. None of it was the truth. He saved his money to go and was
looking forward to this. Sowing discord and gossip has ruined a lot of innocent
people. How do you take back something that you have said? You might say you
are sorry but it is still said. The damage is done.
My daughter in law took the grand kids to the library to do
some research and my grandson was jumped by a group of kids accusing him of
being a shooter. My daughter in law came around the corner and stopped it. She
was told by the kids involved that she did not like black people because she
stopped them from harassing my grandson.All this because of a fake post.
My grand kids were homed schooled up until last year and were
never subjected to this kind of abuse during their lives. My grandson is having
a hard time understanding all this. The grandkids are raised in church, have
Bible study, prayer in the home every day and would harm nobody but you can see
what gossip and lies will do. All my
grandson wanted was to go to a school with other kids, and now he really sees
how that is working out. This girl posted all this following the school
shootings in Florida which adds fuel to the lie.
Now my question is this; If my grandson was suspended from
school for a violation against school policy what is the school going to do
about this girl who posted all these lies. My son and daughter-in- law are
going to the school today and withdrawing all the kids and are starting home
school again. But they are also going to demand that this girl who spread all
these lies make a public apology on Facebook for the rumors she started. I know
this will never happen but at least they are going to try.
I think the problem lies here. When you do not dress like
other kids, wear your pants below your butt, do not talk the talk, and every
other word that comes out of your mouth is a fowl word then you become a odd
ball and then you are targeted. I am not saying my grandson is a saint but he
sure is not what this girl has broadcast. He is a Christian, a conservative
in his thinking and has a deep love for this country. His goal was to graduate
and go into the military to serve his country.
The bigger question is this; who will be the next target of
this girl. When will it stop? My grandson will not have to be subject to this
kind of lies and bullying because he has a mother who can finish his home
schooling, But my question is this; what about the kids who will have to go to
the school and will be next on the hit list.
