aries-“If you want to stop it just tell the yentas “Stop right there I don’t listen to Loshan Horah”.
Thats a Madreiga only a tiny percentage of the population is on (depending on the crowd you circulate in). A juicy piece of Lashon hara is juicier than a juicy piece of steak or moist slice of chocolate cake. No matter how we all know those people are respected, people find it hard to abstain from talking/listening.