Notes….
Words Can & Do Kill… Sticks and Stone as well….
To Whom It May Concern:
You could be next…that is why there USED to be to be harsher penalties for lying.
I began writing this note with one thought in mind… my win regarding a free AI tutor coming, but as I was reading a message that came through, another thought came to me: we need to be extremely careful about the things we say about other people, particularly when we do not know the facts.
Rumors can become dangerous very quickly.
A statement repeated often enough can begin to sound like a fact, even when it was never a fact to begin with. A lie can travel farther than the truth, especially when people are willing to repeat it without asking questions, checking evidence, or giving the person being discussed an opportunity to respond.
This becomes even more serious when religion, nationality, race, immigration status, or other deeply personal matters are brought into the conversation.
I am writing this warning because I have personally experienced an environment in which statements about me began circulating that were not properly established as fact. Among the things I later heard were claims questioning whether I had actually traveled internationally, whether my passport was legitimate, and whether certain things concerning my movements and circumstances were true.
Those are serious allegations.
There were circumstances surrounding my travels and return that I could not fully explain at the time. I could not simply disclose everything that was happening while matters involving myself and members of my family were already being investigated. There are things that a person cannot responsibly discuss publicly while an investigation or sensitive situation is taking place.
Be glad we have sharp agencies that do a darn good job.. as well as outside the USA.
My silence should never have been interpreted as an admission that rumors were true.
And that is precisely why people must be careful.
Someone may know only a small portion of a person’s circumstances and then fill in the missing pieces with assumptions. Another person hears those assumptions, repeats them as fact, and eventually the original uncertainty disappears. Before long, a rumor becomes “what everybody knows.”
That is not truth. That is a big fact lawsuit … which I will file. If all things a religious zealot that apparently hallucinates but got a pass. A Church of statue was involved. 🙂↕️🙂↔️🧐
I also want to make this absolutely clear: religious disagreement does not give anyone permission to manufacture accusations, spread lies, or engage in religious hatred.
A person’s faith, denomination, nationality, ancestry, or religious affiliation should never be used as an excuse to attack that person’s character or invent stories about them.
If you have evidence of wrongdoing, present the evidence.
If you have a legitimate question, ask the person directly.
If you do not know whether something is true, say that you do not know.
But do not take an unverified statement and turn it into an accusation.
Do not attach someone’s name to a story simply because someone else told you the story.
Do not use religion to justify hatred.
Do not use nationality or immigration status to demean someone.
And do not assume that because a person cannot publicly explain every detail of their private circumstances, every rumor about them must therefore be true.
There is another danger that we should recognize: repetition does not create truth.
Ten people repeating the same accusation does not make the accusation true if all ten people received the information from the same unverified source.
A hundred people repeating a lie does not transform it into evidence.
And a religious community, professional organization, family, institution, or online community is not exempt from this basic principle.
We must be better than that.
I am not writing this letter to identify or publicly accuse the individual who may have started these statements. At this point, I do not know who originated them, and I will not manufacture a name merely to satisfy curiosity.
Instead, I am placing this warning on the public record:
Be careful what you say about people.
Words have consequences.
Rumors can damage families.
False accusations can damage reputations.
Religious hatred can divide communities.
And deliberately spreading false information about another person can cause consequences far beyond what the person who started the rumor ever intended.
If something concerns you, investigate it responsibly.
If you hear something about me or anyone else, do not immediately repeat it.
Ask: Who actually knows this? What evidence exists? Has the person involved been given an opportunity to respond? Is this information verified, or am I simply passing along somebody else’s statement?
Those are reasonable questions.
They are also questions that every responsible person should be willing to answer before repeating an accusation.
I have nothing against legitimate questions. I have nothing against accountability. I have nothing against someone asking for clarification when something genuinely concerns them.
What I reject is the practice of turning uncertainty into accusation, accusation into rumor, and rumor into accepted “truth.”
That practice is destructive.
Let this therefore serve as a warning and a request for responsibility:
Stop the rumors. Stop the lies. Stop the religious hatred. Stop repeating things you cannot establish as true.
If you have something legitimate to say, say it truthfully.
If you have evidence, present it.
If you do not have evidence, do not pretend that you do.
And if you have been told something about another person that you cannot verify, have enough integrity to let the rumor stop with you.
Truth does not need a mob.
Truth does not need religious hatred.
Truth does not need invented stories.
Truth can withstand examination.
And that is the standard I intend to follow.
Scripture says READ!
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William Worsley