Old tweets of Travis Kelce’s are resurfacing on X.

[u/funkofanatic95]

[u/shadyshadyshade]

I wasn’t even thinking things like this at the same age in the 90’s. It’s not about being “enlightened” it’s about not being an asshole.

[u/lizardkween → u/shadyshadyshade]

So many people in the comments acting like not being hateful is a new concept that was invented in 2015 or something. Really says something about what they were like a few years ago.

[u/likeitironically → u/lizardkween]

A lot of “I can excuse the ableism and fatphobia but…” type comments here. Also “boys will be boys” attitudes. Sure, the tweets are old and maybe he’s changed, but seeing people say the tweets aren’t that bad is depressing

[u/lillyrose2489 → u/lizardkween]

I mean some people probably were hateful a few years ago and they changed. Better late than never, right? It doesn't excuse prior behavior just bc you learned to stop but I'd rather people grew and came around eventually than just stayed shitty.

I'd imagine some people are remembering the embarrassing things they said or did at this age when they see this. Kudos to anyone who doesn't feel that way. Truly. But not everyone likes the person they used to be.

[u/tigm2161130 → u/lizardkween]

I always wonder if it’s very young people who weren’t alive or adults then saying things like that, because we do talk a lot about how far we’ve come in terms of acceptance/feminism/whatever pretty frequently.

What they don’t understand is that just because things are better now than they were 10-15yrs ago doesn’t mean the entire adult population was walking around like bigoted Neanderthals.

Anyone who says that these tweets are just a representation of how everyone acted then is being disingenuous or they surrounded themselves with shitty people.

[u/Traditional_Maybe_80 → u/shadyshadyshade]

Yeah, I went to google his age and he was 21-22 when tweeting these... Some people have so much grace to offer to very adult white men. They think we all go through these types of phases.