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She said what they were saying was false --- calling them liars in other words
No, absolutely not "in other words". If people are simply wrong because they don't know things, or because they have misinterpreted something, but they genuinely believe what they are saying, then that doesn't make them liars - the element of knowing what you're saying is untrue, but saying it anyway in order to mislead people, is essential.
For example, if someone were to claim that another person had called a 3rd party a liar, when they hadn't, and he knew they hadn't used that word but had instead said that the 3rd party was wrong, would he be a liar?
Or would he simply be incorrect due to not knowing what the word 'liar' actually means?
- and according to the women themselves who it was aimed at - they certainly felt that they were being called liars, considering what they went through with institutions not believing them at the time - this really must be sickening for them.
It really is not Jess Phillips' fault if people don't know the difference between "no, you are wrong", and "you are lying". If someone makes claims about the enquiry which are false, but they do so because they've misinterpreted something, they haven't lied.
But how, in your mind, should someone associated with running or setting up the enquiry respond to claims which are false? What word(s) should they use?
What words can they use which won't be criticised by people who know so little about words that they too don't know the difference between "no, you are wrong", and "you are lying"?