Slander: the fatal weapon of the harassing power
- Ariane Bilheran
- Nov 14, 2020
- 8 min read
"In a free Republic, everyone can think what they want and say what they think."
Spinoza.
Introduction
One of the most formidable weapons of the harassing powers is slander, that is to say the defamatory and mendacious attack ad personam against the messenger, so that his message is discredited, or even, so that he is designated as the person to be brought down, or "the bad person" whose message should absolutely not be listened to.
For the harassing power, "the end justifies the means", that is to say that all blows are permitted, even the lowest, the most vile, and the most abject.
Modern technologies allow an extension of the phenomenon, with dedicated teams to orchestrate cabals (secret agreements of people to harm someone in particular who disturbs their interests) against the messengers whose message disturbs.
Here is a short article to decipher the mechanisms, which are valid in any harassing context. I will remind you that the harasser (which can be a group) targets in particular the one who does not submit to his abusive power.
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