Nobody is cancelling anyone for crap they said when they were 13, put the straw man away.

Let they who have not said stupid shit as a teenager cast the first stone.

Ah, but people cast it anyway

> If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

If someone is intent on casting a stone then nothing will stop them. Reasonable people accept reasonable explanations. Unreasonable people are tautologically unreasonable and not really worth your consideration.