"Good people" wouldn't want their image degraded by the discovery of such tactics. Even when they don't really do these things but they just potentially could,

"Good people" wouldn't want their image degraded by the discovery of such tactics. Even when they don't really do these things but they just potentially could, they will be a target by their opposition (George Soros style). That means only "bad people" who don't care about integrity would do this.