Not exactly. I’m saying that standing in a public podium and propagating that so-and-so or an entire political party is corrupt based on one’s own research and internal certainty is not something that our faith teaches. IIRC, you labeled the entire Republican party as corrupt. Each and every person? You know this for a fact?
Maybe you aren’t familiar with the
CCC on this subject.
2477 Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and word likely to cause them unjust injury. He becomes guilty:
- of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor;
- of detraction who, without objectively valid reason , discloses another’s faults and failings to persons who did not know them ;
- of calumny who, by remarks contrary to the truth, harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.
2497 By the very nature of their profession, journalists have an obligation to serve the truth and not offend against charity in disseminating information. They should strive to respect, with equal care, the nature of the facts and the limits of critical judgment concerning individuals.
They should not stoop to defamation.
It is difficult to walk the line with respect to this commandment, and many, including me, fail at times. But we really need to stop and think before publicly disclosing what we believe about others that is defamatory and without good reason.
