- You vent your feelings about how you feel about someone/something. It's cause and effect. It's a personal reaction. It's experience-based. The venter believes what they're saying to be true, even if their emotional state is exaggerating the situation.
Ex. Jamie: "This is what happened with me and Sue...; what Sue did to me was crazy, right?"
- You slander to conduct a smear campaign. Slander is unprovoked. Slander is impersonal. Slander is spreading malicious untrue gossip to influence public opinion on someone's reputation. The thing about slander is that the slanderer doesn't even believe their own lies. Don't listen to what they say; watch what they do. They will believe according to their perception of the truth, not their misinformation propaganda.
Ex. Scott: "Sue is obviously crazy because no one likes Sue! Why else would no one like Sue - if she wasn't crazy?"
- Both venting and slandering involve opinions, but venting is done out of hurt, while slander is done out of hate. Communication is irreversible. On the other hand, people can choose to forgive.
1. If both Jamie and Scott apologized and then tried to befriend Sue, after saying those hypothetical conversation snippets, who would Sue likely want to be friends with?
A. Jamie
B. Scott
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
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Maturing in Love by Rhizome Olivia Quondam
Literatura FemininaMaturing in Love is an anthology guide of adulthood with poems, stories, essays, and blog posts about mature themes, learning self-love, adult-relationships, social issues, and life lessons from growing older. *The blog posts are topic introductions...
