All your examples point to self-inflicted reputation loss. I am talking about reputation loss inflicted from outside.
Here is my counter-example: Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, the inventor of hand hygiene in medical (specifically OBGYN) practice. He was reviled and ridiculed and driven insane by the medical establishment of Vienne.
All your examples point to self-inflicted reputation loss. I am talking about reputation loss inflicted from outside.
Here is my counter-example: Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, the inventor of hand hygiene in medical (specifically OBGYN) practice. He was reviled and ridiculed and driven insane by the medical establishment of Vienne.
Aha; I failed to parse the second sentence in light of the first, and mistook them for an independent claim. Confusion resolved!