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1. adamne+L8[view] [source] 2020-09-24 16:06:56
>>aaronb+(OP)
I hate fb as much as the next guy, however it seems like these "mea culpa" admissions might be motivated by raising the profile of the person making them. It feels like these public acts of self-flagellation are meant to shield them from scrutiny for doing these things in the first place. What brought about this change of heart? Why did you work there in the first place?
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2. liabil+3m[view] [source] 2020-09-24 17:07:58
>>adamne+L8
Unless you think he's lying, who fucking cares what his motivation for whistleblowing is? Many whistleblowers want to get back at companies that screwed them, or want to get interviewed on cable news, or want a book deal, or whatever. Who fucking cares if they're not ideologically pure altruistic saints? What matters is the truth, not the motivations of those telling the truth.

(Do people with exclusively pure selfless motivations even exist? Even people who donate to charities anonymously are plausibly motivated at least in part by the warm tingly feeling they enjoy when giving charitably.)

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