To be fair, many people would probably have a similar reaction if somebody was driving around the city with a megaphone while shouting this to everybody. And that’s kinda what social media is, just that you could be heard by the whole world, not just your city, and your words could be heard forever.
But somehow, many people seem to believe that because it’s online, it doesn’t count.
I do feel bad for the intern, but that’s what happens when people think the internet is like goofing around with their friends, not a public space where everything you wrote could potentially be read by everyone forever…
Most people would not behave like this if they were interviewed by their local TV news crew, but somehow, it’s different because it’s the internet.