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If you find yourself the target of a cancellation attempt, never give in. Never apologize. If you do, the problem isn’t going to go away, it will get worse. No
by xwdv 5y ago
If you find yourself the target of a cancellation attempt, never give in. Never apologize. If you do, the problem isn’t going to go away, it will get worse. No apology is ever enough. No punishment is ever enough. There is no way to redeem yourself in the eyes of the public. Apologizing is making yourself humbled and vulnerable to a mob that does not deserve it. You will roll over to expose your belly in submission asking for mercy and instead get your guts torn out and burned.
Instead you must harden. Deny everything. Gaslight. You will know you have won when the mob grows tired and cynical from their inability to destroy you.
When the dust has settled, all that will matter is that no one came forward with hard evidence, only he-said-she-said bullshit.
You can downvote me all you want, it does not change the truth.
- auslegung 5y agoDonald?
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- meinfuhrer 5y agoYou're totally right...the mob does not accept apologies so there's no point. It's better to double down, and maintain your dignity.
- rvz 5y agoYes. The first step is to NEVER EVER apologise. With the mob, they will create libellous accusations and label you everything under the sun until they eventually spin your character into 'a Nazi'. Perhaps they were playing too much Wolfenstein VR and they see Nazis in everything. As you can see with the OP and the comments in this thread, it seems there is little to no redemption anyway. So apology is not an option. Especially on your own Twitter account.
- xwdv 5y agoPlus if you apologize they just take it as evidence of wrong doing and that’s the worst you could do.
- caeril 5y agoNot really sure why this is downvoted, as it is absolutely correct. Human beings are still barely-evolved monkeys, with a keen sense for, and penchant to exploit, perceived weakness. Apologies to third parties never make things better. Rather, they signal weakness to the mob, which emboldens them to pile on harder. Absolutely, you should apologize to the specific people you've hurt, as I gather the original poster did. NEVER apologize to random unaffiliated people looking for outrage fuel. It always ends badly.
- xwdv 5y agoIf you apologize to a person you hurt it needs to be done privately, without any way for them to produce evidence that you apologized.