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I did two previous entries on gossip. Here is part three.
I'm titling this one. Gossip. The great divider....
Proverbs 16
28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
In my previous entries on this topic, I showed that a gossip delivers choice morsels/information, as a means to smear someone. These morsels of mud go down deep in to the listener. So deep that the information is hard to forget. Causing the person being smeared to potentially have a bad reputation, due to the conduct of the gossiper.
A gossip also plays another role. The role of the great divider.
The gossip hopes that by delivering their mud, that they can create separation between their victim and those they are spreading the mud to. Motivations for this can be many.
Maybe it's a power play. Maybe it's revenge. Could be for popularity. It could be for many, many reasons. Either way, they play the role of the divider.
Gossip can destroy close relational ties. These ties can be quickly destroyed if the recipient of the gossip believes the morsel they've been fed. Ties can be destroyed if the one being smeared isn't given a chance to defend themselves.
Sometimes! Sometimes! Gossip turns around on the one doing the gossip! Sometimes people don't want to hear the gossip, so they simply remove said gossiper from their confidence.
When this happens, the gossiper SHOULD realize the error of their ways and try to quit their dirty nasty habit. But some instead try to blame the 'division' on the person they smeared! Kinda messed up, but it's been known to happen.
I'm titling this one. Gossip. The great divider....
Proverbs 16
28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
In my previous entries on this topic, I showed that a gossip delivers choice morsels/information, as a means to smear someone. These morsels of mud go down deep in to the listener. So deep that the information is hard to forget. Causing the person being smeared to potentially have a bad reputation, due to the conduct of the gossiper.
A gossip also plays another role. The role of the great divider.
The gossip hopes that by delivering their mud, that they can create separation between their victim and those they are spreading the mud to. Motivations for this can be many.
Maybe it's a power play. Maybe it's revenge. Could be for popularity. It could be for many, many reasons. Either way, they play the role of the divider.
Gossip can destroy close relational ties. These ties can be quickly destroyed if the recipient of the gossip believes the morsel they've been fed. Ties can be destroyed if the one being smeared isn't given a chance to defend themselves.
Sometimes! Sometimes! Gossip turns around on the one doing the gossip! Sometimes people don't want to hear the gossip, so they simply remove said gossiper from their confidence.
When this happens, the gossiper SHOULD realize the error of their ways and try to quit their dirty nasty habit. But some instead try to blame the 'division' on the person they smeared! Kinda messed up, but it's been known to happen.