People fundamentally change. We aren't dismissing the jokes, they're blatantly offensive, we're dismissing the idea that it's an accurate reflection of a man who has aged eight years since then. He's had new experiences, met new people, seen culture and the world change around him.
If we are willing to throw people under the bus for things they said a decade ago then we might as well stop all efforts for social reform and things like awareness campaigns, because what's the point of those if we don't allow people to become better?
