• amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    Yes but one is words, and the other has a guaranteed tangible impact? I don’t think thats a viable analogy

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      5 days ago

      Somebody calling up your family and workplace and tell them you’ve been stealing for your drug habit are also just words.

      • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz
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        1 day ago

        They’d get laughed off the line unless they tried to fabricate evidence against me, which at that point is a different crime.