WHISPERING CAMPAIGN

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there are random individuals in the society who do not understand very much. This is expressed as a sort of malicious glee about things. Such pass on slanderous rumors very easily. In an illiterate society such people abound. Since they cannot read, the bulk of knowledge is denied to them. Since they do not know very many words much of what is said to them is not understood. This is not isolated to the illiterate only. What they do not understand they substitute for with imaginary things. Thus such persons not only listen to slander but also corrupt and twist even it. Thus a rumor can go through a society that has no basis in truth. When numbers of such rumors exist and are persistent, one suspects a "whispering" This is not because people whisper thes; tl&gs but because like an evil wind it seems to have no source. (HCO PL 21 Nov 72 I)