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it seems eminently fair to remember the whole person, not an idealized version of them.
by xref 8y ago
it seems eminently fair to remember the whole person, not an idealized version of them.
- OtterCoder 8y agoWho said life is fair? Or should be? I prefer mercy.
- kbenson 8y ago> I prefer mercy. I prefer accuracy, and not just for my own benefit. It's a small thing here, but whitewashing uncomfortable past truthful actions rarely leads to a good future outcome. One could argue that we should let the small stuff go and only hold to this for large infractions, but that just leads to fighting over what is small and what is large, as well as problems where in hindsight something that looked small really wasn't. Perhaps the way forward is to call out behavior we don't agree with, but also be more accepting of people (as opposed to their behavior) that have portions of their behavior we don't agree with.
- ekianjo 8y agowhy not live by "actions speak louder than words" instead? Everyone says something they end up regretting. With the net whatever you said before ends up tainting your reputation forever. Time to move on to what people do instead.
- dagenix 8y agoOne thing he did was create a tremendously interesting OS. Another thing he did was to say a bunch of racist stuff. There is no evidence I'm aware of he regretted either. So yes, let's remember _all_ of it.