Psalmist

What do you think, Donna, about a Christian sister who refers in her own blog to two different conversations on two separate blogs somewhere else, using two different people’s quotes to smear a third, by claiming falsely that the third person actually said those things, and twisting what the quotes actually said into something that no one in either conversation actually said? What do you think about never dealing with the falsehood, and insisting that the third party just forget about it in the interest of “peace”?

Is that not gossip? Or does it just depend on how intimately close to the blogger in question you are? Do you think it’s OK to lie about other people if they’ve “hurt” you (by holding you responsible for previous untruths)?