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Second Chances, Old Tweets, and Society's Selective Memory
from No Fat Nazis · #126
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2 minDiscussion of giving people second chances for old offensive statements, using Kevin Hart's old tweets and casual racist language in older movies as examples of shifting social norms and 'progress.'
- 23:11Tim argues that digging up old tweets from 2009 contradicts progress, which requires accepting that people evolve
- 23:33People used to be stars and say things about colored people without consequence; now society pressures them to stop
- 24:06Tim notes he made comments 10 or 15 years ago that he hides now, representing some form of progress
- 24:27Society's pressure to eliminate offensive language is the real goal, treating people as animals responding to incentives