In online discussions you have people of many varying levels of education and experience. You can not possibly compare ANYONE making a troubling statement to ge

In online discussions you have people of many varying levels of education and experience. You can not possibly compare ANYONE making a troubling statement to genocide in good faith. Making an ignorant statement in the past in no way fits the punishment of atoning for or possibly needing to constantly deny the statements made for the rest of your life (if you're so lucky to be able to deny them because many may just refuse to even ask you; Would you ask a possible Nazi if they deny it and believe them?). Most are indignant when they make statements they believe and are challenged. Sometimes people change their positions before understanding them to avoid ridicule. If you want things to be more honest then maybe changing your position shouldn't be so difficult. However, it is and often times a single post from 10 years ago is enough to ignore all the posts after.