As such, when a preponderance of evidence suggests that a fellow retrograde has, indeed, committed grave transgressions involving moral turpitude or felonious breaches of criminal law, then it is appropriate to quietly withdraw one’s support for the embattled retrograde or to even discretely counsel him to take leave of the public eye, repent of his misdeeds, and, if applicable, resign his position of public trust. Unless the disgraced retrograde has given rise to a public scandal, there is no moral impetus to rebuke him publicly.
