Your saying <X> knew <Y> was harmful for decades, and <X> continued to do <Y> while gaslighting everyone by claiming <Y> is fine, even as evidence continues to

Your saying <X> knew <Y> was harmful for decades, and <X> continued to do <Y> while gaslighting everyone by claiming <Y> is fine, even as evidence continues to mount just how bad <Y> is because someone else could have also studied <Y> is a really weird hill to die on. Yes, if someone knows something is bad, and lies about it for decades, while attempting to discredit everyone studying that thing and finding out it's bad, it's going to be a scandal when it finally comes out they've been lying to everyone for decades and knew it. As it should be. "Hey guys, technically you could have found the same information I did and known I was lying" doesn't and shouldn't excuse it.