Cruel memes such as these are currently popping up all over Facebook, with people tagging their frie

Cruel memes such as these are currently popping up all over Facebook, with people tagging their friends in them. Here’s the awesome individual in this photo, Lizzie Velasquez speaking up:

I’ve seen a ton of memes like this all over Facebook recently. I’m writing this post not as someone who is a victim but as someone who is using their voice. Yes, it’s very late at night as I type this but I do so as a reminder that the innocent people that are being put in these memes are probably up just as late scrolling through Facebook and feeling something that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. No matter what we look like or what size we are, at the end of the day we are all human. I ask that you keep that in mind the next time you see a viral meme of a random stranger. At the time you might find it hilarious but the human in the photo is probably feeling the exact opposite. Spread love not hurtful words via a screen. Xoxo Lizzie

Feel free to share Lizzie’s words with any of your friends you see sharing pictures like this. Let’s all agree not to mock people for how they look, either online or in real life.