• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    13 days ago

    That’s not totally true. Usually a lie by omission is implying something, and that something isn’t true. It is deliberately instilling a sense of false knowledge. You didn’t specifically say it, but you still conveyed it. It’s still a lie.

    Saying something sarcastic is not the same as saying it non-sarcastically, for example. What is conveyed is what’s important, not what is said.

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        13 days ago

        I like this, it helps a lot

        All lies are deceptions, but not all deceptions are lies

        My silence was not a lie; you guessed about reality, and I just didn’t correct you