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dh2022 10 hours ago

She could have started a blog if she was motivated by truth. But she chose the book deal. Quoting from Casino: “It’s always the dollars. Always the %$!@ dollars.”

KaiserPro 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> She could have started a blog if she was motivated by truth

now you are liable on your own, without any of the backing of a large publisher with specialist lawyers on staff. Plus it'd go nowhere and be taken down almost instantly by facebook.

firesteelrain 7 hours ago | parent [-]

If the goal was a moral one then you better be willing to die on your own sword.

queenkjuul 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Like by facing bankruptcy for publicizing accounts of malfeasance?

fermentation 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you think we'd be reading the story if it were on some random blog?

Actually, WE might. But my mom wouldn't.

firesteelrain 7 hours ago | parent [-]

If it’s about principle, you take the hard road. If you take the book deal, that’s profit with activism as garnish.