Who’s the best real-life example of “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” and what happened?

[u/DrCompenomics]

[u/Sharo_77]

I think the weird thing was that if you asked people individually they'd have said "he's a wrong un, but everyone else thinks he ok so I must be wrong".

[u/virora → u/Sharo_77]

Some people cultivate the image of a weirdo so people who get the creeps around them are brushed off as conformists who just don't like you if you don't fit the mould.

See also: Russell Brand

[u/Ilmara → u/virora]

Marilyn Manson is a BIG one.

[u/FlyBulky106 → u/Sharo_77]

Isolating victims so they can’t compare notes is a huge red flag of all sorts of abusers.

[u/Hefty_Tip7383 → u/Sharo_77]

My grandad didn’t let us watch his programmes - likely he heard some if the rumours going around.