Howland937
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So I follow sports, even though I can't stand professional athletes for the most part.
An NFL head coach just resigned his position because of language he used in private emails (not a public employee) prior to accepting the job he just left. His disparaging remarks dating back as much as 11 years ago became a scandal after they were released to news outlets, resulting in his resignation. The language is labeled as "insensitive, misogynistic, anti-gay, and racial tropes".
Whether you care for the coach (I don't) or not, how many of you would like to be judged by today's standards for language you used in the past? A lot of phrases that were commonly accepted 10 years ago no longer are. It's hard to keep track of what words, hand gestures, and facial expressions are offensive these days...much less predicting which ones may be a decade or more from now.
And yet folks are always judging the past by the standards of the present. The heroes of yester-year don't hold up under the scrutiny of today's values. If you believe in heaven, it must be disappointing knowing that virtually none of our forefathers or ancestors will be there awaiting your arrival, as they've been condemned to hell for not meeting (insert non-binary human pronoun thing here) current interpretation of worthiness. They've all committed unforgivable sins, because at the time they weren't considered sins and therefore didn't seek forgiveness.
An NFL head coach just resigned his position because of language he used in private emails (not a public employee) prior to accepting the job he just left. His disparaging remarks dating back as much as 11 years ago became a scandal after they were released to news outlets, resulting in his resignation. The language is labeled as "insensitive, misogynistic, anti-gay, and racial tropes".
Whether you care for the coach (I don't) or not, how many of you would like to be judged by today's standards for language you used in the past? A lot of phrases that were commonly accepted 10 years ago no longer are. It's hard to keep track of what words, hand gestures, and facial expressions are offensive these days...much less predicting which ones may be a decade or more from now.
And yet folks are always judging the past by the standards of the present. The heroes of yester-year don't hold up under the scrutiny of today's values. If you believe in heaven, it must be disappointing knowing that virtually none of our forefathers or ancestors will be there awaiting your arrival, as they've been condemned to hell for not meeting (insert non-binary human pronoun thing here) current interpretation of worthiness. They've all committed unforgivable sins, because at the time they weren't considered sins and therefore didn't seek forgiveness.