And it is not finessing the guidelines because I have instructed posters to use the words "false" "error" "wrong" instead of "lie."
However, if it is used repeatedly as if to badger another poster then it would be making the thread "about" another Freeper which is also a form of "making it personal."
Perhaps you could offer a suggestion as to a fitting reply from Proddy’s perspective
to reply to the relentless grossly outrageous false assertions when even “false assertions” is an outrageously mild label????
I try to limit my replies at all to such clap trap. However, if one ignores the overwhelming abundance of such, it seems to me, there’s room for the enemy of our souls to persuade some lurkers that such an abundance of such horrific assertions haver merit, that there IS NO fitting response.
I do ignore a LOT of such posts because I ignore wholesale a list of such posters.
The problem here is that the issue isn't the meaning of “false,” but rather of “false witness,” or even "bearing false witness."
Several sources give this meaning:
Noun 1. false witness - a person who deliberately gives false testimony
perjurer
liar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
Or, one may wish to look at the phrase, “bearing false witness.” Several sources give this meaning:
Definitions of bearing false witness on the Web:
* perjury: criminal offense of making false statements under oath
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Here is part of a legal definition of “perjury”:
In order for a person to be found guilty of perjury the government must prove: the person testified under oath before [e.g., the grand jury]; at least one particular statement was false; and the person knew at the time the testimony was false
http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/p032.htm
And of course, the phrase derives from the Ten Commandments, where “You will not bear false witness against your neighbor” is colloquially taken to mean, “You will not lie.”
Indeed, the post that someone is “bearing false witness” means pretty much that the party said to be “bearing false witness” is lying.
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