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The person I was a few years ago, terrible tweets included, is not the person I am now: a person who occasionally does good tweets. While it's important that we are able to scrutinize this information from the past—particularly when it's indicative of hypocrisy—to continue to hold someone accountable for an opinion they have since distanced themselves from goes against the very nature of the internet: a portal of information with which we can continually better ourselves. Bad opinions must be called out, and if the person refuses to acknowledge ownership and demonstrate how they've changed, then, by all means, go in on them. But most of us fucked up sometime in the past and don't deserve to be punished for time already served: I'm ashamed of who I once was, because he was so different to the man I am today.The internet is the most powerful tool we have at our disposal in the education of the masses; with it, we can seek out information from a much wider range of sources than ever before. But unless we're careful, our habits of digging up the past long after individuals have outgrown these opinions will prove devastatingly prohibitive. For once, let's at least try not to fuck this up too bad.Follow Jack on Twitter.TRENDING ON NOISEY: Here's Every Annoying Person You'll Meet at a Festival