I personally would not go far as this very cynical take, but I think it's totally fair. I think the HNer thing to do is 'believe whistleblowers no matter what'

I personally would not go far as this very cynical take, but I think it's totally fair. I think the HNer thing to do is 'believe whistleblowers no matter what' but I'm of the inclination everyone is tricky and that we are deluded by our own egos quite a lot. We need more context.