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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Sure. I can agree with that. Because that's totally different than calling someone a liar. "Calling someone a liar" is actually predicated on the notion that the word "liar" is in fact spoken or typed. Suggesting someone has misrepresented a fact is not the same thing at all.
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And usually it's an active statement rather than a passive one. A fact can be untrue or inaccurate without the person who talks of it being a liar themselves. They could be misinformed or someone else could have misrepresented the facts to them either on purpose or accidentally.
I think an example would be if I told you that I had $8 million in the bank. Now if I know that I don't really have 8 million dollars in the bank then I will have lied, but if I have been led to believe that $8 million is coming to me as a result of some business deal (say in real estate) and I haven't checked my bank balance I may be wrong about what I have in the bank but I myself haven't lied about it. Someone else may have lied to me, but I myself haven't done so.