ViewpointsOpinionWhat a Turtle Taught Me About Social MediaSavePrintA tourist takes a selfie with a green turtle after being released at Kuta beach on Indonesia resort's island of Bali on March 27, 2019. SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty ImagesGary L. Gregg6/6/2019|Updated: 6/12/2019CommentaryOne thing we should never do first thing in the morning is check our social media accounts.Share this articleLeave a commentGary L. GreggAuthorGary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”Author’s Selected ArticlesA Return to Constitutional and Political Normalcy?Oct 28, 2020A Call for Reasoned Discourse in the Age of Impassioned PoliticsAug 27, 2020Socrates and the Mob 2020Jul 30, 2020Radicalism Begets RadicalismJun 25, 2020Related TopicsAttacksocial mediaindividualturtleface-to-face