I don't think your take is controversial in any of the left wing circles I've been in (I think most people remember the terrible things they said while teenage

I don't think your take is controversial in any of the left wing circles I've been in (I think most people remember the terrible things they said while teenagers and understand people change). A lot of the thing with jobs is just corporate PR being very risk averse and Twitter users and people reading the news love drama. Also, people need to actually change. I've had friends who were transphobic I had to stop being friends with (not that I completely ostracized them but I stopped inviting them to things) because it wouldn't be fair to my trans friends to have them around.