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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by HeckFeck on Monday May 01, 2023 @06:33AM (#35770982)
If you hit the right targets, you will get pushback. Not everyone who is shooting at the target has the same intentions. Exposing the state's nature to the populace and maiming the populace aren't the same intentions.

A similarly blunt application of your position is that everyone punished by the state deserves it. Neither of us should rush to such extremes.

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by phailhaus on Monday May 01, 2023 @05:40PM (#35779585)
> A similarly blunt application of your position is that everyone punished by the state deserves it.

No, it doesn't. My position is that you have to address each on a case-by-case basis and there is no blanket way to say "ah X people are mad, therefore it was Good/Bad".

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