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Even though it's "logical" to think shutting the mouth of whistleblowers is the best way to stop them from talking, I'd say ridiculing them works much better.

The second a whistleblower with a large mass of listeners mysteriously dies or disappears, you can bet your behind that more will believe what was said and continue the legacy.

Because of this, I don't like the word "debunk". I relate it to the mainstream ridicule of people with extraordinary skills or knowledge. It's ok to remain critical to information aquired, but there is no reason to go over limbs to prove them wrong.

At the end of the day people stick to what they feel is right for them.

Just to throw in an example, a national newspaper here posted an article about crazy conspiracy theorists and collected the most outrageous and stupid people and inserted elements of the theories that actually makes sense into the same article. As a result they put everyone in the nutjob bag and people bought it.