In real life, who is the person that society treats as a villain but is actually a hero?
Whistleblowers
As someone currently going through whistle blower retaliation its rough.
Also I already have a lawyer not looking for legal advice.
Edit: lol it's not Boeing. I'm a police officer who made a report to attorney General (after making many attempts within dept and even meeting with mayor's office and city attorney and states attorney) about some bad practices and many arrest that were knowingly fraudulent and key evidence was intentionally withheld. There is alot...alot more to it, but would take too much time. After making my reports I have been harassed. Recently was even told I would be suspended if I didn't take 15k and resign. Of course I said no...was never suspended. There was no discipline. Just told to resign. This has happened several times, but each time more bold. There is more. But again. It's too long of a story.
Edit 2x: wow so this really blew up. Didnt expect that. But thanks everyone. I won't lie, it meant alot what everyone said. I can't say I'm not stress about the future anymore. But I do feel better. My wife has been supportive of my decision but it also helps random ppl are supportive. I worked at a different dept several years back, ill call dept 2 where even worse things were happening (both depts were in the same county). I transfered from where I have worked the majority of my time (dept 1) to be close to family at dept 2. Things were professional and never saw a hint of anything shady at dept 1. So when I went to dept 2 and saw beatings regularly I reported them thinking it was outliner behavior. I was very wrong. I was still on probation (can be fired for no reason). This got me several words of warnings from admin who both supported me and hated me. After 3 months" I was told I needed to be as physically aggressive as I could get away with in order to fit in" (from someone supportive), I quit.
Had a very hard time getting a job after that. One chief in a meeting said he didn't believe why i left dept 2. 3 months later he was under investigstion for sexual assault and shady dept dealing (reported by a whistleblower in the dept). When i went to dept 3 it was under a different admin, who absolutely believed why i left dept 3. It was great, not shady things, but then he retired. And here i am now. It ate away at me I didn't fight harder to correct it at dept 3. I feel like I'm making that up now at dept 3.
But a side note. Several of the officers at dept 2 were eventually fired and 1 brought up on charges. The chief also resigned a year after I left after being caught running money through a personal business.
I took an article 15 for refusing to back up "alternative" timelines after my unit killed 3 civilians. It sucks but hold fast, never give an inch. I'd do it a thousand more times because I will not be on the wrong side of history and I for sure as fuck won't back off because I was ordered to. Courage of conscience.