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by revscat 2544 days ago
It amazes me that a percentage of your percentage does so because to call out liars would be impolite and lead to discomfort.
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Calling out fraudsters also gets you attacked and harassed and there is essentially nothing you can do to stop it.
Craig Wright in particular is suing people in the UK for libel for stating that he is not Satoshi.[1]

Being sued for libel in the UK is no joke.

[1] https://decrypt.co/6520/peter-mccormack

Generally you only get attacked by those fraudsters.
Hmm...go back and look at how the Theranos debacle played out.
Be careful. The people who called out Enron, Theranos, the NSA before Snowden or the rationale for the Iraq invasion often paid a big price.
or their entire personality cult/political party
I don't even expect people to call out fraudsters. But I do wish they would quit promoting them, or minimizing how much they are indeed fraudsters ("well, maybe he's not been totally honest about that, but what about...").