Chatter

What identifies gossip is the pretense that only certain peope are foolish, sexual, embarrassing and prone to lose their tempers or say things they regret.  The gossiper holds unfortunate specimens in their tweezers, turns them over with glee and refuses to see any connection between every new shamed or ruined personality and their own flawed nature.  They withhold the truth, on which every act of compassion is based, that we are all sinners, every last one of us.  

How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds