I agree that it would be bizarre and absurd to believe, and disingenuous to claim, “Sam thought Kelsey would make him look extremely bad, and was okay with this”.
This is not the claim I am making. I don’t think you thought that, or claimed that.
The most important claim I’m trying to make is that I think it was obvious that SBF would not want those DMs published, and so it doesn’t make sense for you to claim you thought he would be OK with it.
Note that I am not saying that publishing those DMs is definitely bad. Again, it might have been worth it to violate his consent for the greater good. I’m still uncertain about the ethics of violating someone’s consent like that, but it’s a plausible perspective.
I mostly just don’t think you should say you thought he’d be OK with you publishing the DMs, because I think that’s very likely false.
This is not the claim I am making. I don’t think you thought that, or claimed that.
The most important claim I’m trying to make is that I think it was obvious that SBF would not want those DMs published, and so it doesn’t make sense for you to claim you thought he would be OK with it.
Note that I am not saying that publishing those DMs is definitely bad. Again, it might have been worth it to violate his consent for the greater good. I’m still uncertain about the ethics of violating someone’s consent like that, but it’s a plausible perspective.
I mostly just don’t think you should say you thought he’d be OK with you publishing the DMs, because I think that’s very likely false.