[xboxnolifes]

> If a person molested one child 30 years, should a label of "sex offender" follow them as they...

> If someone wrote in their youth on the violent nature of the negro and their intellectual...

They should be judged based on their current opinions and actions.

[Volundr]

Serious question... How do we know when someone's past actions are no longer relevant? Obviously if someone wrote a bunch of racist crap yesterday, they shouldn't be given a pass because they didn't write any today.

I agree there needs to be a path forward for people to move beyond their mistakes, but it's not clear to me that time since last known offense is the only qualifier.

[jhanschoo]

You can evaluate people by their more recent actions. Of course, the more distanced you are from them the harder it is to evaluate them well. So it's a balance of evidence and risk.