Accepting False Defense, Praise, or Misrepresentation

[Ernie]

Recently I've been thinking about whether I have ever accepted false defense or praise.
I may have done it sometimes since being a Christian but I am not thinking of anything in particular at the moment. I think I would try to correct it if it ever happened in the future. I know people have sometimes defended me on MN and I want to give more thought in the future as to whether their defense is accurate, and if not, to acknowledge this.

In contrast, some people hire others to defend them and praise them, even it means saying things that are false, deceptive, or deflective of the truth. Some people are willing to defend others, even if it means saying things that are false, deceptive, or deflective of the truth

Example 1: A person may make a statement that is unkind or with ill intent. Then a lawyer or staff member will go public saying that the person did not really mean what he said. (although it is quite obvious that the person meant exactly what they said)
Example 2: A person may say something inaccurate. Then a defender will take the statement and twist it to say something different than what the person said or meant.
Example 3: A person says something they shouldn't have said or did. Then a defender will try to shift the conversation to something else to minimize what the person said or did, or they try to divert attention to the good things a person says or does, or they will try to focus the attention on someone else (or some other group of people) who they believe is a far worse person.

Most of us will likely never hire others to do this for us. But some of us may treat people nicer if they do this for us or be pleased about it.

I think some of us find it quite easy to do this for others.