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Was 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
by djbebs 4y ago
Was 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.