Gossip is talk which is not intended to confront or inspire, rather it's purpose is to demote others so as to raise the self; so that one's ego may be artificially inflated. Gossip deals, not in the achievements, rather in the defeat of another. We conspire with, and are unwittingly used by, "the accuser" when we gossip. Those who gossip do so with malice, not grace.
Gossip requires talkers who talk and listeners who listen. Consider that those who talk and those who listen are both active, equal, participants. As gossip makes another loop, a new group of good folks invest their energy into spreading a damaging message. What is the worse evil, the original gossip or the gossip loops that follow? I am equally saddened by both.
Lord have Mercy.
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