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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The issue is that when all you have to judge a book by is its cover, and you're talking about VOTING FOR SOMEONE IN AN ELECTION (not just "letting someone live their life"), you absolutely can and should make that judgment
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You do not get to just run away now with your tail between your legs going "Well if I'd known about the more recent stuff" The overwhelming probability was that he hadn't matured or changed sufficiently in five years, the burden was on him to prove otherwise
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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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