I believe what he likely meant (though not what he said), was that radical transparency shouldn’t be taken as a license to be an asshole. I say that as a manag

I believe what he likely meant (though not what he said), was that radical transparency shouldn’t be taken as a license to be an asshole. I say that as a manager of narcissistic assholes who are always “brutally honest” and feel that their honesty excuses their brutality.