We should be salt, not vinegar or acid.
Lashon Hara is any derogatory or damaging statement against an individual. In Hilchot Deot 7:5, Maimonides supplies a litmus test for determining whether something is or isn't Lashon Hara:
Anything which, if it would be publicized, would cause the subject physical or monetary damage, or would
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