In 2012 she was 15. At age 15 (in our countries at least) you’re not allowed to have sex, or get married, or drive a car, or drink alcohol, or vote, as you’re deemed to be unfit to make such major decisions because you’re still a child. At age 15 you’ll say and do things that are bad for you and that you know you’re not supposed to do because you’re desperate to fit in and appear to be grown up in front of your mates. The world of the keyboard warrior is a hypocritical one at best and an absolutely noxious one at worst, where a fifteen year-old being considered to be still a child and therefore not responsible for their actions is perfectly acceptable when it comes to any form of sexual encounter but means nothing when it comes to saying stupid stuff on the internet. They either are accountable or they’re not: you can’t cherrypick for which aspects of life they’ll get sympathy and for which they’ll get vilified. Yes, she said hideous things when she was young and stupid - newsflash we all did (maybe not to that extent, but still plenty of stupidity). But she doesn’t say them now, as an adult, and that’s what counts.