• AugustWest@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I firmly believe there is a massive difference between confessing/divulging info about your co-conspirators, and accusing your abuser to authority. One is snitching, the other is how the concept justice is supposed to work.

    In that case, I will simplify. Your opinion/position/belief is incorrect.

    “Snitching” is the act of telling an authority figure information that gets them into trouble. Telling an authority figure the name of a bully falls firmly under this category, as does telling mom your older brother smashed your toy, telling the cops you saw Jim Bob break into Joe Johnson’s car while driving by, and admitting to the DA that you and Bob shot the sheriff to avoid getting additional charges related to someone else’s murder of the deputy.

    Merriam Webster: To inform, tattle; to give information (as to the authorities) about another’s improper or unlawful activities

    Cambridge: to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble

    Oxford LD: to tell a parent, teacher, etc. about something wrong that another child has done