- Conduct smear campaign.
- Condemn smear tactics (“it seems horrible, this anonymous campaign”)
- Praise the person you smeared (“a very good poet”)
When this comes to light and you are forced to resign, be sure to
- Say you did nothing wrong (“I did nothing intentional that led to Derek Walcott’s withdrawal from the election”).
the odd part is, the guy committed some serious moral crimes, at a minimum, and seemingly a few on the books. sexual coercion? i’m far from perfect, too, but can’t say i’m feeling all that sorry for the Trini Lovemeister..
Why do so many people view “tattling” as more morally reprehensible than sexual harassment?
I presume that the real offense is not ‘tattling’, but is in actively campaigning for an honor like this, rather than letting the chips fall where they may. And, c’mon, lying about orchestrating a whisper campaign against a 79-year-old Nobel laureate is pretty reprehensible behavior on any scale.
what a bitch.