Read First, Then Comment

Based on some recent experience on Facebook, I feel the need to remind everyone not to be this guy:

In 2014, NPR conducted an April Fools��� Day experiment. They posted an article on Facebook titled, ���Why Doesn���t America Read Anymore?��� The Facebook comments came flooding in.

���I read every day, and all my friends and family members do too. Are we not America? Or are you just weakly grasping for stories?���

���Just because people aren���t opting to read a dusty copy of War and Peace doesn���t mean we���re having a hard time comprehending things.���

���NPR, wipe those nervous beads of sweat from your brow, sit back, or read & conduct research at a library for another NPR story. There are plenty of bookworms, you just have to look for them.���

If you clicked the article to ���hear��� NPR���s argument and the evidence behind their statement, you were instead greeted by, ���Congratulations, genuine readers������ NPR then explained: ���We sometimes get the sense that some people are commenting on NPR stories that they haven���t actually read.��� Each comment proved their suspicion. Each comment revealed the reality of why James penned his words in James 1:19. As fallen creatures, we are slow to hear and quick to speak.

Read the rest of Nathan Bingham���s post on why we need to ���Be Quick to Read and Slow to Comment.���