Your cynical view may be correct; but that does not mean that she should absolve the FSF of wrong doing. No one was upset that she thought the FSF discriminate

Your cynical view may be correct; but that does not mean that she should absolve the FSF of wrong doing. No one was upset that she thought the FSF discriminated against her friend; the problem was the way she dealt with the issue, and that is what she was apologizing for.