Otis
Footballguy
I think racism especially today is totally despicable. Every now and then they dig into someone’s past to something stupid they said or did when they were young and grill them for it.
This one feels like an extreme—they’ve gone back to a photo a guy posted almost 40 years ago and are nailing him for it.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
There’s no statute of limitations on being a crappy person, but man does this seem like it must be a lifetime ago for this guy. On an issue like race relations which has come so dramatically far in the past 50 years, is it fair to destroy a guy’s career over something like this?
What if it’s a guy who expressed racist remarks in the 50s? Does he get punished the same way?
I don’t have a strong view. Racism is despicable, but I wonder how long ago is too long ago.
This one feels like an extreme—they’ve gone back to a photo a guy posted almost 40 years ago and are nailing him for it.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
There’s no statute of limitations on being a crappy person, but man does this seem like it must be a lifetime ago for this guy. On an issue like race relations which has come so dramatically far in the past 50 years, is it fair to destroy a guy’s career over something like this?
What if it’s a guy who expressed racist remarks in the 50s? Does he get punished the same way?
I don’t have a strong view. Racism is despicable, but I wonder how long ago is too long ago.
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