Also, I think attitudes around jokes of certain kinds have changed dramatically in very recent years, and if Gunn isn’t an asshole (which I don’t know) then he’s actually listened and changed his ways. Which I actually believe is possible for an adult man of any age, but then I’m an optimist.
Pedo jokes have never been cool and his tweets were edgelord junk I’d expect to hear during Xbox Live chat.
If his tweets were racist, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. Nobody would believe that he’s a better person now.