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It sounds like you're suggesting he both lies, and acts with disingenuity. I don't think it's reasonable to ask him to do that.
by DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
It sounds like you're suggesting he both lies, and acts with disingenuity. I don't think it's reasonable to ask him to do that.
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- criddell 9y agoI would assume that any apology would be backed up by some king of statement about what he has learned since the memo. At the very least he should have learned how important soft skills are and that his idea of what makes a good engineer was woefully incomplete. If he hasn't learned anything, then why would anybody hire the guy?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoBut out of the things he could have learned, which ones would make for a good public apology? If he goes public, and says - "I honestly apologize for my mistake, I never realized you people could so violently overreact to what's essentially politely expressed feasibility comment backed by scientific consensus, and that in the process you'll so maliciously misrepresent me and lie about my intentions and the contents of my memo" - how will that sound to the crowd? Because that's what his mistake really was - not realizing he's not dealing with rational people.
- jgh 9y agoThat's not an apology, that's being a passive-aggressive nerd.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThat's exactly my point. I can't imagine any way of him saying the truth about the memo situation that wouldn't also sound passive-aggressive at best.
- serf 9y agojust do what politicians do. apologize as vaguely as possible without calling yourself wrong. "Mistakes were made, and I want to move on with my life....", no details -- just pandering. He won't necessarily be dishonest if he limits the context of the apology. (I don't think one should apologize for opinions and ideas that go un-enacted. Knee-jerk reactions to opinions you don't like tend to blow them up, and that's why James Damore is a name we recognize now. Isn't that opposite to everyone's intention of minimizing his point of view? Ironic.)
- TeMPOraL 9y agoDoes that even work, though? We all comment critically here when we see politicians or company CEOs pulling fake-apologies. But since fake-apologies happen, I guess they must be buying the performers something...
- Chaebixi 9y agoI bet it would work in a smaller setting, like a hiring interview where the scandal came up. It wouldn't be worth doing something like now and in public while there's attention on him.
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- criddell 9y agoThe key is to be sincere. A fake apology would be a terrible idea.
- lurr 9y agoWell then doesn't he deserve what he gets? Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.