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> But anyone who willfully lies about witnessing things that never happened, or claims possession of evidence that they do not actually possess, should face cha
by justforyou 7y ago
> But anyone who willfully lies about witnessing things that never happened, or claims possession of evidence that they do not actually possess, should face charges for the deliberate spread of misinformation.
I had a vision last night in which a large avian diety wearing a tophat informed me of the true nature of existance as well as nuanced details about your private thoughts and secret behaviors.
If I share these details with others, who is the authority responsible for determining their truthiness, or wether or not my subjective experience did indeed happen?
- noego 7y ago> who is the authority responsible for determining their truthiness The same authorities who are currently responsible for enforcing laws against libel and slander. Are you also in favor of repealing all such laws?
- justforyou 7y agoGossip, by definition is qualatatively different than libel or slander -- else we wouldn't be having this discussion. The information I shared in the OP is neither libel or slander, but seems like it would be covered by gossip laws. ( is gossip a sufficiently vague term that this whole debate falls under the modern trope of creating new laws for the purposes of optics, which actually address issues that are already covered by existing legislation? )
- noego 7y agoLike I mentioned in my original post, I'm not in favor of banning "gossip". I advocated making illegal the deliberate spread of misinformation