I think, as soon as he became the actor as well, he ceased being "the messager" in the terms of solely passing on a message.
Put another way, "shoot the messenger" is a phrase used when an unbiased person, merely delivering a message of bias/harm from another, is attacked for the message.
You are not a messenger, when you perform the act/deed/thing yourself.
That is what I don't understand why he can't be a messenger and an actor at the same time.
Everything doesn't have to be black and white you know
Re:People Staring at Computers
by SamoyedFurFluff on Monday July 12, 2021 @07:47AM
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Then it isn’t shooting the messenger because they’re also an actor? Being a messenger doesn’t grant someone immunity from being critiqued for doing unethical things.
No, it don't. But being an actor doesn't mean an individual can't be an messanger doing something in good faith.
"Dooing good, through bad methods"
Re:People Staring at Computers
by overboard2 on Monday July 12, 2021 @09:33AM
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>But you are defending a home raid on someone who was not brought to trial
He should have been brought to trial
When you think criticism - oblique, but clearly still harmless - is more of a problem than the behaviours, you are very much trying to shoot the messenger.