[raybbr]

But if your mother really IS fat, and shouldn’t be eating pizza, is that really an insult? I mean, truth is the defense against slander, shouldn’t that same standard apply here?

Part of why our society is breaking down is because people have been cowed into not speaking the truth.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The bible makes a crucial distinction: speak the truth in [God’s] love.

The common mode for fallen mankind is to use facts, which are neutral, to posture as if you are everybody else’s judge and not subject to any other judgment. Now there can only be one true judge, so that is a recipe for strife.