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Right, because multiple assaults are somehow comparable to an insensitive tweet.

It's been six years. People who have committed DUIs are shown more mercy than this. How does it benefit us in any way that we might continue this charade?



We have more of a culture of forgiving someone who served time in jail for a crime they admit they committed than forgiving someone who made a bad tweet six years ago.

This was one of the major themes of Joe Rogan's interview with Sam Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA106wrMUe4&t=2760s




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