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I still don't understand how trolls can be so cruel and soulless. Its as if they threat online posters as machines and don't realize there is a human soul on the other side of that computer.

Trolls should be completely banned from ever using the internet.]]>Dec 19th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/McGraw was immediately lashed upon because she asked if there was any verification. That set the 'mommybloggers' on fire and they went nuts about it. The thing is, the blogosphere has been lied to and cheated multiple times. There's nothing wrong with being skeptical about a story initially at all, especially when people start taking about donations right away. (Reddit, which is considered one of the more intelligent social boards, was recently hit with a heartbreaking tale of woe and people were talking about donations)
What further tarnishes my opinion of the mommybloggers is the fact that several of them DMd Mcgraw with stuff like "I hope your kids die" and leaving fake bad reviews for her stuff on amazon.com. How trashy of them. More tweets can be found saying "Rot in hell, bitch" and "enjoy meeting Lucifer."

Shame on you, mommybloggers. You are now no better than a bunch of internet thugs.

Oh, and I did just find this: http://tinyurl.com/ylbm74g - ""Fog is rolling in thick scared the birds back in the coop," Ross tweeted at 5:22 p.m. on Monday.

At 5:23 p.m., her son called 911 to report that his brother, 2-year-old Bryson, was floating unconscious in the pool."

While she was tweeting, her *other son* was the one that was calling 911. She was obviously oblivious to what was going on. Didn't the older kid yell "Mom! Mom!" or something?

This is why you never take your eyes off of a two year old child that's wandering around your backyard when you have a pool.]]>Dec 19th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/Really?
How evil and cruel can some people be out there?
Think before you speak or type your comments.
YOU CAN BE SUED for this type of harrassment in public, just as easy as you can be online and in a forum or blog.
I am surprised that it hasnt happened yet.
Just because you sit behind a fake name or AVATAR, does NOT mean we cant find you.
We can.
So think next time you are rude, cruel, mean, spiteful, hatefull or jealous.
The woman lost her child for christmas sakes.
Have some compassion.
REGARDLESS of whether or not she was networking, tweeting, or he**, I dont care if she was a drug addict...SHE LOST HER CHILD!
Send her some compassion and love?
Or are you so evil and conservatively lost that you have forsaken her too?

]]>Dec 19th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/A similar (kind of) think happened to a friend of mine. While at work, a young girl drove out in front of him, and he hit and killed her. He called 911 and then the emergency center at the office. Later people muttered about why he called the office. He called because he just killed a kid, he was alone, and he was going crazy. He wanted the sound of a familiar, hopfully friendly, voice. He was grasping at whatever he could. ]]>Dec 20th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/Dec 19th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/
as a mother of two grown & a grandmother of 5 grandsons.. i know this so well... i'm unable to tweet from my iphone when i am babysitting, life happens much too fast to let a moment slip away just to tweet.

i do hope she finds peace... this will be a horrendous holiday season for her & loved ones. i recall one of her last tweets was of her mother chiding her for putting up a fragile tree with a two year old running about ... not sure if she has deleted that one, but it was heartbreaking reading her timeline that day. ]]>Dec 19th 2009 9:50PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/Dec 19th 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/Dec 20th 2009 3:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/19/twitter-outrage-over-moms-tweet-of-grief/
Whether or not Shellie Ross's decisions and choices that day played a role in the death, she is a grieving mother and deserving of sympathy, not vicious attacks. As it stands, it seems that what happened was she sent her 11 year old inside with her 2 year old while she finished up a few chores--not that she was ignoring her child while tweeting.

As far as these alleged dms threatening the life of "McGraw's" children, I doubt they exist because "McGraw" seems primarily interested in promoting her self-published books. If anyone did in fact send her dm's like that, I agree that is awful and should not have happened. But I stand by the statement that "McGraw's" behavior was hate-filled and disgusting.]]>Dec 27th 2009 9:22PM