Dude, the point is people were saying they had a right to be skeptical of his character given the grave nature and recency of his actions as a child Lots of people were saying he wasn't "irredeemable" but that there was no EVIDENCE he was redeemed They were right https://twitter.com/thomaschattwill/status/1297947978930573315 …
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And if you actually cared about Coleman's welfare personally or his privacy or ability to "live a normal life" it's FOR HIS SAKE that you should've been willing to let it go and say "His juvenile record is disqualifying unless he can provide extraordinary evidence of change"
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Him dropping out immediately on the strength of the middle school allegations, when his victims asked him to, would have BEEN a sign of growth and change It would've given him room for benefit of the doubt
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Now all the bad shit he's done more recently is going to get aired in the national media and quite likely "ruin his life" as a dishwasher working in a restaurant And good riddance, honestly But he brought that on himself, and Glenn Greenwald enthusiastically helped
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but alas, the benefit of the doubt was always his for the taking, even if extending it meant retraumatizing his victims.
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