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If, chas vesholom, a post with loshon hara on it slips past the mods, can I still post on that thread and bump it, thus making other people read it? Is that considered violating Lifnei Ivar?
You’re not allowed to even read it.
I have often refrained from bumping a thread for that reason.
Why not delete the problematic post instead?
It is not hard to delete a post. It is hard to delete several posts that change the integrity of the thread. If Halacha dictates, however, that that is right, than we should not be worrying about the level of difficulty. Did you have something specific in mind?
IMO, bumping is lifnei ivar because more people will see the l”h. The better option is to notify a mod so it could potentially be redacted.
-29, Thank you (I’m sure you meant all the bad ones about me)
lefi aniyus daati, yes.
troll on.
Am I allowed to write that D<<Automatically Removed by Lashon Hara Sensor Censor>>
Trolling doesn’t cause loshon hara.
The trollness is not what causes the loshon hara.
You sound like you desperately want to make a post on that loshon horadike thread. 😉
Your last one is a more difficult question. But is not the halacha that if you start overhearing l”h you’re obligated to leave or close your ears you that you should hear no further?
Some trolling causes loshon hara, but the post would cause the same lashon hara if it wasn’t a troll.
Mods-I have seen many posts containing loshon hara. I do not think that people realize that speaking about a group in general or a public figure can be considered loshon hara. Also, even those times where for one reason or another, something is permitted to be said, it almost always leads to another person saying something similar in a different circumstance where it IS loshon hara. I think specifically about the chol hmoed Chillul Hashem article and th shabbos switch article in particular as examples of where articles and comments reflect readers’ own opinions about other people. Almost anytime someone discusses someone else, especially in a public forum, it will lead to loshon hara.
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