"Spreading lies" is a perjorative way of referring to speech. "Lies" implies intent to deceive and excludes the possibility of a simple mistake. You may not ha

"Spreading lies" is a perjorative way of referring to speech. "Lies" implies intent to deceive and excludes the possibility of a simple mistake. You may not have intended to impute intentional deception to someone, but that is what you did, and it's offensive.