From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 9/17/23 12:49 PM, Fascist Flea wrote:   
   > mINE109 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Shapley and Ziegler are leakers, not whistleblowers.   
   >>>   
   >>> Like I said....you're truly alone trying to make that silly argument.   
   >> I'm distinguishing between the informal definition and the legal one,   
   >> which requires a “protected disclosure” be made to a proper authority.   
   >>   
   >> I acknowledge Shaply and Ziegler are informally referred to as   
   >> whistleblowers.   
   >>   
   > At this juncture, a reasoned response would acknowledge that the term   
   > has, as you point out, different meanings in different contexts. But Scottie   
   > doesn't earn his "debating trade" points by being reasonable. Maybe they'll   
   > suggest the Fifth Amendment should shield anyone the LRWEC calls a   
   > "whistleblower". Or maybe they'll demand that Congress pass a law to   
   > ban the use of the term in any technical or legal context. Or maybe, if the   
   > mutt is feeling desperate or cornered, they'll claim sole ownership of the   
   > word for use against the hated Democrats. If someone tries to blow a whistle   
   on   
   > a fuckuplican, Witless will exhort the hated FBI to harass and prosecute the   
   rat.   
      
   They ever find that SCOTUS leaker? Time to edit a judge's robe onto the   
   hot dog costume meme guy.   
      
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