A Well Written Response to Some Ill-informed Social Media Users

I, like many others, was moved to tears as Gary Barlow showed tremendous strength of character as he sang his heart out on Saturday night. 

I do not know how it feels to lose a child and will not even try to comment ..... but I do know that at Mark's funeral ..... I could not sing the hymns I so desperately wanted to sing for him.

I leaned over to my Mum and said that I couldn't do it .... so could she sing for me .... believe me, a hard ask, as she was already holding me up and upset herself. At that request however, she falteringly began and bravely choked out a verse ...... I repeatedly look back and realise how much strength that took.

So on Saturday night I twittered, along with hundreds of others, about how brilliant I thought it was that Gary had managed to sing such an emotional song at such a tragic time for him and his family .... 

One of the others who tweeted was Jason Manford (a comedian) and perhaps, because he is also a public figure ..... some of the responses to his tweet, attacking Gary Barlow were just awful.......is it ignorance, maliciousness, or just plain lack of compassion ........ I wish I knew ..... but Jason wrote a fantastic response that equally had me in tears. 

I felt strongly enough that I wanted my blog to share it ..........

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jason-manford/the-gary-barlow-tragedy-and-internet-idiots/10151995627430696

Well said !