Lashon Harah and Noahides

Question

By Halacha, is Lashon harah about noahides prohibited? I ask partially since I recently saw two older (jewish) individuals who I recall face to face confronted (aggressively) a young gentile who tried wearing a kittel to a Yom Kippur service I attended (he apparently had permission from the rabbi of the shul, so they were offended and I believe gossiped until they forced him to take it off lest he be kicked out), was such behavior against Halacha?

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  1. There is no prohibition against speaking Lashon Harah about a non-Jew but it is not recommended. The Midrash Shocher Tov explains that a person might become accustomed to speaking Lashon Hara and speak about a Jew.

    However, I think that the people involved did transgress the basic requirement to treat people with respect. It sounds, according to your description, as if their interaction with him was completely inappropriate.

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