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Say for example, false accusations were made against somebody and they were fired. Any place a lie is told, and somebody losses money or is otherwise harmed by
by jay_kyburz 4y ago
Say for example, false accusations were made against somebody and they were fired.
Any place a lie is told, and somebody losses money or is otherwise harmed by that lie.
I'm not talking about peoples feelings being hurt.
- djbebs 4y agoWas the harm "being fired" or was the harm the "false accusation"? Because I can think of plenty of things others do that get people fired, without any falsity to it. Should we prosecute calling up someone's employer and urging them to fire them?
- jay_kyburz 4y agoYeah, I was thinking about this when writing a comment above. If somebody outted you as Gay and you were fired from your job in a Catholic School, I would say the speech has harmed you. It might be true, but still harmful. I guess it gets a little muddy because the speaker could claim they made the world a better place by revealing your secretes, that the lie told to the school in the first place makes revealing the lie justified.