Hasn't it always been flexible?

Yes, hence why "if you have nothing to hide" is infamously so stupid a phrase. You don't get to decide that, the accuser does and who the accuser is may vary and may in fact be utterly deranged by all normal points of view. You don't want the information out there period because it can only end in an especially twisted form of Pascal's Wager based upon who is in power at the moment. And that this is not in fact a paranoid hypothetical but something very real which has happened throughout history.

The public reaction has been unsympathetic to the victim and unsurprised. I think the definition of "wrong" that plausibly inspired the shooter is widely-held.

The words written on the casings found on scene, “Deny Defend Depose”, is the name of a book that talks about the unethical and illegal practices of the healthcare industry. That book is “Delay, Deny, Defend”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay%2C_Deny%2C_Defend