Virginia Governor to Resign over blackface pictures?

[Aegon]

honestly do not understand this... the man should be judged on what was acceptable in 1983 not 2019. otherwise we would all be racist homophobic monsters.

Although if it ousts another dim... and shows them to be the party of the confederacy even today, then who am I to argue?

I disagree with your wording but I think we agree overall. Personally, I see no problem with judging somebody for doing something that is, in all honesty, quite explicitly racist, regardless of the year. Now, that being said, I'm still struggling with the idea of holding a person accountable for something they did 35 years ago, for the basic principle that it assumes the self is static, and that people can't see the error in their behavior, adjust accordingly, and be an even better person. 

Also, nobody is pure and literally everybody has done something that, if leaked to the public, would most likely result in America hating them. Of course, it depends on the something that they did. Some are worse than others and should be treated as such (i.e., I have no problem with those who committed sexual assault being chastised and kicked out)

I saw an article about a Republican state delegate who was outed for using blackface in 1968. 1968?! An old, white man in southern Virginia did blackface in 1968? No shit lmao. What did you expect? What did you think he thought!?