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Why would you say: people with preexisting mental health conditions are more likely to be whistleblowers? That's a very prejudiced statement if I'm correct in w

Why would you say: people with preexisting mental health conditions are more likely to be whistleblowers? That's a very prejudiced statement if I'm correct in what you mean. I'd rather say these people are more sensitive and aware of the consequences of their actions which is why they chose the path of a whistleblower, which is very different from saying they had mental health issues from the beginning.

zxcvbnm69 2y ago
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colechristensen 2y ago
Plenty of mental health conditions make a person more likely to have a stronger reaction to a situation, to take risks, or to act without consideration of consequences. Following up a whistleblower act with suicide because it didn’t go as hoped is also not surprising. Perhaps you’ve never been around bipolar folks. Calling it “prejudiced” is silly.
zxvkhkxvdvbdxz 2y ago
That's not what I read from infecto's post, they say that people with preexisting mental health issues are more likley to commit suicide.
infecto 2y ago
Other way around, I did a poor job of phrasing it. There are many many whistleblowers annually . We hear about one or two of the high profile ones and of those there may be a suicide. I find suicide less surprising statistically than a company whacking the person. Especially in this case, they whacked him because he is going to tell the world they trained on copyright material? The simpler explanation is the position he was in probably led to a mental health crisis. I imagine a lot of his coworkers were friends, gone, company gone. Lots of potential stress for a younger person.
- khazhoux 2y ago
  > they whacked him because he is going to tell the world they trained on copyright material? "Smithers, have this young man killed immediately before he talks to the press!" "But sir, he's already gone public." "Oh no, our secret is out!" "No sir, the thing he revealed was already widely known." "Then we must get rid of him to stop any civil suit." "No sir, killing him actually won't stop any civil suit at this point." "Then get to it post haste! Find me the first-available hit man on X. And keep this quiet."
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zxcvbnm69 2y ago

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colechristensen 2y ago

Plenty of mental health conditions make a person more likely to have a stronger reaction to a situation, to take risks, or to act without consideration of consequences. Following up a whistleblower act with suicide because it didn’t go as hoped is also not surprising. Perhaps you’ve never been around bipolar folks. Calling it “prejudiced” is silly.

zxvkhkxvdvbdxz 2y ago

That's not what I read from infecto's post, they say that people with preexisting mental health issues are more likley to commit suicide.

infecto 2y ago

Other way around, I did a poor job of phrasing it. There are many many whistleblowers annually . We hear about one or two of the high profile ones and of those there may be a suicide. I find suicide less surprising statistically than a company whacking the person. Especially in this case, they whacked him because he is going to tell the world they trained on copyright material? The simpler explanation is the position he was in probably led to a mental health crisis. I imagine a lot of his coworkers were friends, gone, company gone. Lots of potential stress for a younger person.

khazhoux 2y ago
> they whacked him because he is going to tell the world they trained on copyright material? "Smithers, have this young man killed immediately before he talks to the press!" "But sir, he's already gone public." "Oh no, our secret is out!" "No sir, the thing he revealed was already widely known." "Then we must get rid of him to stop any civil suit." "No sir, killing him actually won't stop any civil suit at this point." "Then get to it post haste! Find me the first-available hit man on X. And keep this quiet."
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