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Treefrog

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18. I somehow managed to make it through high school, college, grad school, and my entire career

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 05:51 PM

Mar 2021

without making racist comments. These two seem to have really cooked their respective gooses.

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Teen Vogue editor, 27, resigns over anti-Asian tweets she wrote as a teenager [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2021 OP

Same person a little over a month ago? Hugin Mar 2021 #1

Wow. TY Cha Mar 2021 #5

Dueling tabloids, Cha. Hugin Mar 2021 #7

TY U2! Cha Mar 2021 #9

The Internet remembers dalton99a Mar 2021 #2

Medhi Hasan's take on this: demmiblue Mar 2021 #3

Yes... we have lost all sense of proportion. Rustyeye77 Mar 2021 #35

I'm so glad the things I did and said in high school aren't on the internet. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #4

Was it a racist or homophobic shirt? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #6

Unfortunately, it was. Especially by today's standards. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #12

I graduated from HS in 1974...Everything was homophobic. LeftInTX Mar 2021 #17

Uh, not everyone, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #25

Funny RobinA Mar 2021 #45

Guys were always insulting each other with the F word LeftInTX Mar 2021 #48

Yeah, and I'm not saying I'm Cha Mar 2021 #8

That's good. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #14

Good on you! .. Cha Mar 2021 #34

You're almost there leftstreet Mar 2021 #10

I agree. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #16

I wore a Members Only jacket in the eighties... LanternWaste Mar 2021 #11

Like the person above, that's good for you. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #15

Seems more an excuse than a reason LanternWaste Mar 2021 #21

You're just a better person I guess. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #23

What Does RobinA Mar 2021 #47

I somehow managed to make it through high school, college, grad school, and my entire career Treefrog Mar 2021 #18

Good. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #19

You think McCammond's parents taught her that nonsense? That seems a bit unfair toward them. Treefrog Mar 2021 #27

I appreciate your honesty. demmiblue Mar 2021 #20

Thank you. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #24

Nope, never have. Wow that you really don't believe there are people who don't have those thoughts. Treefrog Mar 2021 #28

No, I don't. demmiblue Mar 2021 #31

Well, I'm going to have to disagree. All good. Treefrog Mar 2021 #32

OK. Have a good night! demmiblue Mar 2021 #33

then you have the claim that they never once, in their entire life, even had such a THOUGHT Celerity Mar 2021 #43

I'm Glad No One RobinA Mar 2021 #44

Shouldn't have resigned or been fired sciencescience Mar 2021 #13

Journalists like Yashar Ali specialize in it. BannonsLiver Mar 2021 #26

Was she qualified? FelineOverlord Mar 2021 #22

It's TEEN Vogue though BradAllison Mar 2021 #36

It's TEEN Vogue though FelineOverlord Mar 2021 #37

She probably didn't remember them BradAllison Mar 2021 #38

Dayyum, Alexi McCammond ?? She's been one of my favorite guests on MSNBC. eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #29

I know, she is one of my favorite reporters. I didn't know she was moving over to Teen Vogue. Treefrog Mar 2021 #42

Cmon... if you can't tell that someone different than 10 years ago.. Rustyeye77 Mar 2021 #30

Cancel Culture isn't real Jose Garcia Mar 2021 #39

I'm glad the stupid things I said in high school and college (and beyond) Wingus Dingus Mar 2021 #40

Its not about apology and redemption. Its about destroying people careers for past slights. nt LexVegas Mar 2021 #41

People should be allowed to grow and change. PTWB Mar 2021 #46