Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer gravely

Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by bowsamic on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:56AM (#35763776)

I know a lot of people who take a seriously negative view against whistleblowers, which I find very strange. Do you not want to know the messed up shit that the companies and government are doing? I think people just see it as being a traitor.

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by bourbonorgin on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:03PM (#35764473)

isn't that the premise of this blog post

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by bowsamic on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:12PM (#35766192)

I didn't read it

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by GuB-42 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:17PM (#35764585)

Because there is a thin line between a whistleblower and a traitor. A whistleblower releases information about "messed up shit", a traitor releases legitimate secret information, how do you call someone who releases both?

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by MattGaiser on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:37PM (#35765901)

Depends. Many people also have things they wish to hide, from affairs to drug use to embezzlement to their politics to just their sexual orientation. So they have to balance preferring to know about the wrongdoing of others (in the opinion of the whistleblower) vs having their own secrets revealed by someone close to them with a similar mindset, who may view their activities as wrong.

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