[ziml77]

Not just that they can cherry-pick, but they can go back many years to find words of your own to turn against you. Peoples' positions on all sorts of topics change over time. Punishing them for ever having a certain point of view doesn't help anyone. Instead people should be happy to see that change happen. It means the person took in new information about the world and other people and adjusted their opinions to match. That is far better than someone who digs their feet into a position and cover their ears, even if that position does turn out to be the better one.