That's true, the whole "it was a decade ago" excuse works better if the subject is someone in his/her 20s and the tweets were from when they were a teen.
Just what I was going to say, there is a legitimate claim that your opinions change drastically between 18 and 28, not for say 38 and 48
Sorry, but the world has changed, the **** you talk is now there for perpituity and you have to understand that