I don't think that the person in question has changed at his core since. This in the vast majority of cases, doesn't happen. In most cases, the troll/bully/pred

I don't think that the person in question has changed at his core since. This in the vast majority of cases, doesn't happen. In most cases, the troll/bully/predator only learns to hide their nature better. Posting apologies after having been called out on bullying behavior can be construed either as a genuine apology, or an attempt to hide one's own true nature. It might be the latter with the person believing in the former, too. This is why I take all that being paragons of empathy (or whatever it is they mean by this word), inclusivity, etc with a grain of salt the size of a small boulder. Why I think I shouldn't be too generous towards the person and the community he's been representing: they haven't let go of pile-ons and bashing, they just now are directing it at a different target. It seems socially acceptable to bash anything written in C and therefore "unsafe", without taking into account how nuanced this whole thing is. It's "impersonal" (hint: it's not), so it must be okay, right? Right?