if you accept yourself, you accept previous iterations of your opinions. and when individuals ascribe to the rhetorical fads of the moment, they deserve to be held to account for the rhetorical devices they used in those moments which caused harm to others - which is the real reason many want delete or edit. those who have consistently used practical and serious language having been repeatedly burned for it by fashionista codeys should not also have to allow revisionism to erase the real world consequences of shifting rhetorical protocols and those who blow in their winds.
