People who don’t understand the concept of “This person may have changed their mind in the intervening years”, aren’t worth impressing. I can imaginescenarios where your economic and social circumstances are so precarious that the incentives leave you with no choice but to let your speech and your thought be ruled by unthinking mob social-punishment mechanisms. But you should at least check whether you actually live in that world before surrendering.
People who don’t understand the concept of “This person may have changed their mind in the intervening years”, aren’t worth impressing. I can imagine scenarios where your economic and social circumstances are so precarious that the incentives leave you with no choice but to let your speech and your thought be ruled by unthinking mob social-punishment mechanisms. But you should at least check whether you actually live in that world before surrendering.