I'm not a fan of his and agree that what he did there was extremely shitty and self-centered, but do we actually have reason to believe he has clearly not changed?

I don't keep up with the guy, but I do know that people can change. Especially so after being publicly humbled, as well as after a decade+ has passed. Then there's also the public journey of experiencing such grand fame so young and then having to outgrow his welcome. For better or worse, these things all leave marks.

Literally everyone I know has said something insensitive or otherwise regrettable at one time or another, and I'd be willing to bet all I've got that you have too. That's just part of the deal, right? It's not that I'm arguing his sainthood or anything, but without evidence that he's exactly the same now as he was then, I'm a bit bristly on the thought of judging a stranger on such absolute terms.

[+] ExtremeDullard -14 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

do we actually have reason to believe he has clearly not changed?

Yes: people can change when they have some character flaw that doesn't run too deep, or when they have bad habits that can be reformed.

My point is, being this insensitive at the age he was when he wrote this doozie clearly shows the man is profoundly sociopathic and narcisist. And I don't believe people like that truly ever change for the better, because the flaw is hard-coded in their brain.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't realize we had a psychologist who specialized in child stars on Lemmy who could diagnose strangers so well. Pretty cool

[–] schwim@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's the internet. Everyone is an expert on everything.

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