Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey has been viciously attacked on social media

Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey has been viciously attacked on social media because he missed a game-winning field goal. Parker has had a rough season for the Bears due to a number of other missed kicks. During the season, a number of his kicks have hit the uprights instead of going through.

The amazing part of this “missed kick” was that the kick was actually partially blocked by the Eagles according to the video clips of the game. However, no one cares. They are just blaming him for the Bears loss. I understand that Bears fans are upset but Parker does not deserve all the blame for the Bears loss. People need to stop attacking professional athletes so hard on-line.

I actually post about this issue all the time. People say stuff online that they would never say in person. It is too easy now to hide behind screen names. As our society has become more advanced technologically, we have grown less civil to each other.

Additionally, we used to have newspapers and a handful of national networks. Now we have bloggers and Internet Trolls with nothing better to do than attack people to make a name for themselves while they are living in their mom’s basement. However, they lack editorial control, which I believe has led to a lot of people being maliciously attacked online. I am concerned with the psychological damage that these attacks are having on athletes. One of these days, the attacks are going to get so bad on a professional athlete that he or she is going to commit suicide. Some Troll is going to have blood on his hands. I pray that this does not ever happen but I have a feeling that it may if we don’t try and stop it now.