Outside of the fact that it will likely lead to the downfall and extermination of human civilization, one things I hate the most about social media is it shows who our heroes really are.
For example, I was raised in the church of Gary England and, for most of my life, worshiped the hailstones he walked on. As a kid, I would rattle off his list of tornado per’cautions each night before bed, and as a grown-up, even took a pilgrimage to his town to pay tribute for his birthday. Hell, to this day I still play on his signature sign-off when I conclude a TLO article!
But then, as we know, Gary was forced out by News 9, turned to the Dark Side of the Severe Weather Force, and started using his Twitter account to spread right-wing memes and conspiracy theories, even denying the existence of global warming.