[zaga_fan]

I'm not sayIng that, I'm saying that we shouldn't expect 14 year olds to be perfect. If you can't see the difference then you're part of the problem. You said stupid stuff when you were 14, I said stupid stuff when I was 14. Every human that has ever walked this earth, said stupid stuff when they were 14. That's supposed to change because of social media? We wonder why suicide rate and depression are higher than they've ever been amongst teenagers. Now kids are expected to meet a standard of excellence that 95% of adults have never been able to meet. I mean, Donald trump is 71 and is the president of the United States, and he still can't keep his nose clean on twitter. Lets hold something a kid said when he was 14 against him though.

I'm not saying you're supposed to meet some holy standard as a teenager.
I'm saying don't tweet the word n****r.
That's not hard to avoid.

This kid may very well overcome this and rise above it. I hope he does! Why would anyone want to see him fail?!

I'm saying this should be a lesson for kids that nothing dies on the internet. I have a federal job right now that required a formal social media check by a third party before I was offered the job. In the last position I was in, I've seen talented and qualified people walk in for an interview and we just scrolled through their Twitter feed and decided not to offer them a job.

This isn't some witch hunt, guys! If you honestly think it isn't worth the trouble to tell kids not to say n****r - regardless of the context - then I guess I've really gotten things mixed up.

And I'm part of the problem? :biglmao: