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My barber in Cleveland mentioned a comedian got dropped from a festival over a 10 year old tweet
He said the joke wasn't even that bad, just a dumb pun that didn't land. It made me wonder if we're holding people to a standard where they can never grow or change. How do we decide when something from the past is a real pattern versus just a dumb mistake?
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the_anthony15d ago
Honestly, what was the actual joke? Because context is everything. A bad pun from 2010 is just dumb, but if it was a hateful comment disguised as a joke, that's different. The real question is what has that person said and done in the last decade. If they've shown growth, maybe it's time to move on. But if they've kept making the same kind of "jokes," then it's a pattern, not a mistake.
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matthewkim15d ago
Exactly. And honestly, some people just hide behind "it was a joke" forever. If they've spent ten years getting called out and never changed, that's the answer right there.
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abby_wilson513d agoRising Star
People get way too hung up on old tweets. A dumb joke from 2010 is just that, dumb. It doesn't mean the person is evil now. The anthony asks about growth, but constant calling out can just make someone dig in and get defensive. Sometimes the pattern is just people never letting anything go, holding a grudge over a single bad line from when everyone was less careful.
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