LogFAQs > #950654661

The solution to this kind of problem is easy. It's to take personal ownership, just like he did. He owned what he said even though he never meant it for public consumption, he apologized, and never talks like that anymore.

Here is how you can take personal ownership. You can say things like "I don't like this person because I think they are a white supremacist." or "I think this person is a nazi."

That makes it clear it's your opinion.

But when you make it a statement of fact you have a much higher bar to pass.

Because IMO if somebody has never made any public declaration of their beliefs about WS or yay nazi, and all you have to go on is private edgelord shitposting from years ago, AND the person doesn't stand behind it AND you have no idea of the context AND you absolutely can't prove they weren't being sarcastic or ironic AND the person conducts themselves in a wholesome and kind way.

Then you are just projecting. You are free to not like them and you are free to pass judgements. But you forfeit the right to call somebody a "literal" anything.

If somebody said shit online years ago you think is bad, you get happy when they turn a new leaf, you don't piss in their face for trying to be better. You don't have to like them, but I think it's sad when we don't tolerate people being better than their worst private moments, particularly when we don't know if those words were jokes or what.

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