# Would you whistle blow on Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830 "2020-02-12T17:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/21 "2020-02-13T07:51:37Z")
Absolutely. I leaked an internal memo of my former company. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/22 "2020-02-13T12:23:30Z")
I have done such things under the protection of God, so no harm came to me over it. However I’m not sure I would do it without such protection granted, Trump can make someone’s life plenty miserable, plus it’s God’s purpose that prevails, so I’d rather move in that then on my own. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/23 "2020-02-13T19:57:13Z")
The pain that comes from doing the right thing in opposition to wicked, powerful people, can often be ameliorated down the line. There are still people in position to help the little guy who is known to be a person of character. But I truly understand those that advocate the opposite. It’s hard to be optimistic with the reality of the nation’s worst people in positions of the most power right now. That’s what assholes like the people in this administration count on. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/24 "2020-02-14T01:55:48Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That “It doesn’t matter because they are all the same” crap is one of the reasons Trump got elected. Yes, one of the reasons. Another of the reasons was because the only other candidate was perceived as 'the same" in terms of honesty and integrity. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/25 "2020-02-14T03:30:04Z")
It’s literally a legal responsibility to report wrongdoing. If a person can’t do that, they have no business working in government. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/26 "2020-02-14T05:58:14Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Yes, one of the reasons. Another of the reasons was because the only other candidate was perceived as > 'the same" in terms of honesty and integrity. Only by those with absolutely no sense of perspective. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/27 "2020-02-14T07:05:55Z")
Yes. Without hesitation. Whatever the fallout. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/28 "2020-02-14T07:38:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Only by those with absolutely no sense of perspective. I’m trying to give politically neutral responses to an OP that singles out a single office-holder who is presumed guilty. What if you supported and campaigned for a candidate because of a certain issue, and when elected he did something indictable in the furtherance of that cause. Same balonney about civic duty? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/29 "2020-02-14T14:18:51Z")
Let’s ask another question. If you supervised a person who blew the whistle on Trump, what would you do in the face of pressure from his administration? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/30 "2020-02-14T14:56:15Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I’m trying to give politically neutral responses to an OP that singles out a single office-holder who is presumed guilty. > > What if you supported and campaigned for a candidate because of a certain issue, and when elected he did something indictable in the furtherance of that cause. Same balonney about civic duty? That would depend on the Issue in question (Round up the brown people? Build a border wall? Occupy the moon? Mobilize a national work force to upgrade & repair infrastructure? Root out corrupt political networks in the government?) Can you put some details on your example to make it more clear? > [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Let’s ask another question. If you supervised a person who blew the whistle on Trump, what would you do in the face of pressure from his administration? Hang my head in shame because that person came to me first and I didn’t do anything? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/31 "2020-02-14T14:57:21Z")
Dup ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/32 "2020-02-15T00:35:12Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Yep, damn sure would. A man that’s afraid to lose his job for doing the right thing doesn’t deserve to have that job … and isn’t much of a man. And besides, I’ve built a career out of tilting at windmills. I’m to old to start being a yes man now. I sincerely admire you, but I don’t think I would live up to your standard. Fortunately, I have never been in that situation. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830/33 "2020-02-15T09:31:42Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > That would depend on the Issue in question (Round up the brown people? Build a border wall? Occupy the moon? Mobilize a national work force to upgrade & repair infrastructure? Root out corrupt political networks in the government?) Can you put some details on your example to make it more clear? OK, your city Councillor; that you campaigned for, pushes through an expansion of the community college, which you support, but his wife’s cousin, a contractor, happens to be well-placed to bid on it, thanks to a leak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-whistle-blow-on-trump/847830.md?page=1)