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Wait... so you expect people to walk around with a giant billboard on their chest reading "I used to be in the KKK"? It's one thing for a person to atone for t
by koheripbal 7y ago
Wait... so you expect people to walk around with a giant billboard on their chest reading "I used to be in the KKK"?
It's one thing for a person to atone for their mistakes. ...it's another more sinister thing to demand that they apologize to everyone perpetually.
I find these demands for public apologies disgusting in their own right. All these social media types demanding that they deserve an apology for someone else's historic transgression.
If you think about it - it's really just a power rush you get forcing people to cow to you.
- save_ferris 7y ago> It's one thing for a person to atone for their mistakes. It sounds more like he tried covering up his mistakes once he became a public figure, which was his decision. He could’ve acknowledged it during any of his media appearances, which would’ve allowed him to discuss the issue on his own terms instead of letting a devastating article dictate the tone of his past. He chose to hide it instead. There’s nothing wrong with publishing this kind of information, it’s absolutely in the public interest when a CEO of a successful company was involved in white nationalism. Nobody is explicitly demanding an apology, the public just demands to know these things.
- bravoetch 7y agoHe's been lying. He practically wrote a book about it and lied about that part. You invented the part about forced apologies - I didn't say that.
- koheripbal 7y ago...and what any of this have to do with you? Why do you think you deserve to be apologized to? ...for a crime you were not a party to. ...at a time you likely weren't even born. Ask yourself what emotional chasm are you trying to fill to get people you've never met to apologize to you.
- rowanG077 7y agoNot writing about a 2? year period that happened 32 years ago isn't lying.