At the very least, one shouldn’t justify it. There is a big difference between one person who speaks loshon hora, knows it’s wrong, doesn’t go around saying that talking l”h is okay, accepts mussar that l”h is wrong and hopes to stop soon; and another person who talks loshon hora, thinks it’s okay, goes around justifying himself and telling people there’s nothing wrong with it, and tells people who speak out against l”h to shut up. Same principle with tznius.
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