Shawn apologizes for past tweet

[Nightwing 518]

People grow and change. God knows I said much worse when I was younger in middle/high school.

As a person of color, I forgive him. Not that I held it against him in the first place. But whatever... his apology is acknowledged.

[Serial Chiller 8,044]

Ok yes I said stupid **** when I was 14 but why, like why, would you ever feel the need to voice your shitty opinions on about just everything on the Internet? If people even gave the things they post 5 secs of thought, it would save them having to deal with the consequences years later. 

Twitter - the platform for all mouth and no brains. No wonder why Trump loves it so much. 

[Judas18 485]

1 hour ago, lovedillon said:

So now you’re going to label me racist because I’m saying you shouldn’t be labeling someone racist for tweets they made at 15 when they have no consistent history of being racist? I can see the sad angry person hiding behind their keyboard looking for things to be upset over jumping out in you 👍🏻

Imagine resorting to calling someone racist because you can’t think of a better defense to your opinion 🤦🏻‍♀️

No but you're making excuses for someone who repeatedly made racist jokes just because he's "cute". You're not even a person of color. You don't know how it feels when this **** is normalized, and when you're caught all you owe is an apology written by your manager.

This pic is from 2016. That's just 3 years ago. He was 18 at the time

 

This is your typical racist spoiled white brat. You guys are just making excuses for him.

What's sad is that he probably didn't change knowing that he still made such jokes in his adulthood. He's just doing a better job at hiding them I guess to not ruin his career.

If Baron Trump made these jokes, however young he is, there'd be hell to pay. But Shawn Mendes? Oh he's cute, let's forgive him.

[geopang 4,831]

People need to stop apologizing for trivial sh-t

[Judas18 485]

53 minutes ago, alextruper17 said:

We’ve all said something politically wrong on a time of our lives. That doesn’t define the persons we are today.

Except he did it many times, including once when he was 18.

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2 hours ago, Judas18 said:

No but you're making excuses for someone who repeatedly made racist jokes just because he's "cute". You're not even a person of color. You don't know how it feels when this **** is normalized, and when you're caught all you owe is an apology written by your manager.

I think I’ve made it pretty clear how I feel & why & it ISN'T because he’s “cute.” It’s because he doesn’t have a history of being racist & shouldn’t be labeled as such over a few tweets he made when he was a teenager. He made a few racially insensitive tweets in the past & has apologized for them. He’s been held accountable for the tweets regardless if he was 15 or not so you got your wish. Can’t you just move on already? Seems like instead of letting him move past this you’d rather stay upset hiding behind a username & fake picture typing away at your keyboard displacing your anger on anyone who will bite.

[Judas18 485]

10 minutes ago, lovedillon said:

I think I’ve made it pretty clear how I feel & why & it ISN'T because he’s “cute.” It’s because he doesn’t have a history of being racist & shouldn’t be labeled as such over a few tweets he made when he was a teenager. He made a few racially insensitive tweets in the past & has apologized for them. He’s been held accountable for the tweets regardless if he was 15 or not so you got your wish. Can’t you just move on already? Seems like instead of letting him move past this you’d rather stay upset hiding behind a username & fake picture typing away at your keyboard displacing your anger on anyone who will bite.

There are at least 4 occasions of him making racist comments. The most recent one is at the age of 18. So yes that's a pattern for you there.

 

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10 minutes ago, Judas18 said:

There are at least 4 occasions of him making racist comments. The most recent one is at the age of 18. So yes that's a pattern for you there.

🤦🏻‍♀️ doing something 4 times sporadically doesn’t make it a behavioral pattern... ugh anyway, I'm not discontent enough in life to keep being this upset over trivial things. Good luck though ✌

[VOLANTIS 16,339]

Is it really how Americans go through puberty? Do you guys just get zits/acne, bad skin, hair on new places and a casual rush of racism? 

I mean at this point everyone and their Grandma have gone through it I'm concerned. 

[Judas18 485]

2 minutes ago, VOLANTIS said:

Is it really how Americans go through puberty? Do you guys just get zits/acne, bad skin, hair on new places and a casual rush of racism? 

I mean at this point everyone and their Grandma have gone through it I'm concerned. 

I swear I don't understand.

All these white teens be spitting racist **** well into their 18s, and then they blame it on "being young".

Get out of here.

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8 minutes ago, VOLANTIS said:

Is it really how Americans go through puberty?

Probably 

I cant imagine living in a country that talks about race 24/7 and then growing up with the idea that, since everyone makes a big emphasis on race and especially black people, then race must be important

I don't know just a guess, I don't know how americans grow up and how they view race. I don't think in Europe there's this white vs black thing going on, even if it's not the 60s anymore, it's still ingrained in the common 'psychee' of America.