Is it normal to feel uncomfortable when people talk badly about others?

Like with gossip and that sort of thing. It's one thing to criticize other people when they are doing something wrong or harmful, but other than that why talk bad about others? I can't stand listening to this type of thing, like what's the point? It's so petty and I'm sure there's something nicer and more interesting that we could talk about...

I think I might be a bit biased because the town I grew up in. It's very small and there's not much to do... I noticed that many people I hung out with didn't have many hobbies other than hanging out with other people... which meant they basically only talked about other people...