If you think someone is lying

[Zooey]

This has been going around in my head for a few days now…
If you think someone is lying, but you aren’t sure about it, would you say anything??
On the one hand, you have a certain affection for the person, but he is lying to other friends. (Except you can’t be sure that it is a lie. But it looks & sounds suspicious).
Do you do anything? And if so, what???

 

[dylanschrader]

If the people to whom someone is lying have the right to know the truth of the matter and it is expedient to do so, I would say something. If it is not expedient, I would attempt to tell them the truth at a later time. If they do not have a right to know the truth of the matter, I would not say anything to them, but it would be a prudential judgment about whether to say something to the one who was lying.

 

[rr1213]

I’d say nothing unless you are pretty darn certain that the person is telling an untruth. And, even then, I wouldn’t accuse somebody of lying (which has an intentional component to the act as opposed to a misunderstanding, for example) unless I was sure that was the person’s intent. It’s a serious accusation.