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captain_nemo · 3415 days ago · link · · parent · post: When, if ever, is outing somebody newsworthy?
Well for the first example, part of it is that, but also it's the fact that if you are a policy creator or enforcer then your personal virtue gives a level of strength to those policies (say anti-gay policies like in Russia) and motivates people/citizens to follow you and have faith in your decisions. These policies are hurting people and are being upheld, to a degree, by the fact that people have faith you believe in them yourself. So, more so to protect the people being hurt by the policies and expose the hypocrisy in the legislature/enforcer and the true lack of support and morals behind those policies to shine a light on the reality of the situation and push people away from supporting it.