Technology a wall for cowards to hide behind

If you asked any of my friends or family, especially my better half, what my sentiments are toward social media, you would quickly learn that I indulge in social media sites daily.  I keep up with the world through the media apps on my phone.

 I enjoy seeing pictures of old friends as I scroll through Facebook, and I follow various media and publications on Twitter to get quick links to articles and news teasers.  I thoroughly enjoy the information I can easily access when I peruse these sites in my spare time.  Well, I enjoy all of the information sans ridiculous drama. 

Through websites such as Facebook and Twitter, cowards are being bred.  For ages, people have been hiding behind whatever they can find in order to avoid good, old fashioned, face-to-face confrontation.  What happened to the days when you walked up to the person you had a problem with and sorted it out? What happened to courage and maturity?

I will admit that, like many women, I am not big on confrontation.  There are times when I would rather bite my tongue and let something slide than deal with the drama that seems to follow confrontation.  However, I was once told that I need to "channel my inner bitch" and figure out how to handle things so that I do not get walked on for the rest of my life.  With that, I have learned that in being an adult, I must handle my issues myself in the most efficient and professional manner possible.  I am sad to say that, at 20 years of age, I have realized this much sooner than many of my superiors. 

Within the past month, I have dealt with two absurd incidents involving someone hiding behind some form of technology in order to answer to their actions.  Technology is wonderful in so many aspects.  It has provided our society, our country, our world with so many opportunities that would not exist otherwise.  However, it has become much too easy for people to hide behind computers in handling their affairs rather than settling issues like adults. 

Today, people can type up letters, send emails, post status and instant message others to tell them their feelings that they are not prepared to discuss face-to-face.  Personally, I believe that if you have a problem with me and cannot handle coming to me to tell me, it really isn't worth discussing at all.  It must not be serious enough if you are unable to tell me with your mouth and not a machine.

My all-time favorites are statuses like this:

"I just can't believe that person would do that.  That person is such a terrible human being.  I am so happy I know (whatever it is that you now know) because now I can go tell the whole town all about it.  I am so glad to have that person out of my life.  That person is terrible."

People love to start the drama mill with posts like the aforementioned, leaving out names because they don't want the subject of the text to realize his/her identity.  The point is, if you are so bothered by something that you feel the need to tell your Facebook friends, followers or what have you, then when the person you are blasting calls you to talk about the situation like an adult or comes to meet with you personally, don't shy away from the subject. Don't avoid the calls, un-friend the person or sway the conversation in a different direction, assuming you actually make it to the personal convo. 

If you have the courage to start the technological battle, find the gumption to continue it when the target of your slander ends up being more mature than you.