The case against the Twitter apology and our culture of performed remorse

Re:The case against the Twitter apology and our culture of p... by logicalmonster on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:54AM (#33655583)

Has anybody well-known ever used a phrase like "For my own personal safety, I apologize for XYZ transgression" when apologizing to a Twitter mob? Kind of curious how that simultaneous apology and subtle call-out might work.

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Re:The case against the Twitter apology and our culture of p... by JSchmoe on Friday November 18, 2022 @02:19PM (#33660519)

That'd make no sense to do. The "Twitter mob" remains angry and now a few more people are annoyed that you openly gave a non-apology.

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Re:The case against the Twitter apology and our culture of p... by logicalmonster on Friday November 18, 2022 @04:06PM (#33662194)

The reason I brought up that phrase is that Scott Adams of the Dilbert cartoon endorsed Hillary in 2016 using this exact language, despite actually liking Trump.

> "So I’ve decided to endorse Hillary Clinton for President, for my personal safety."

If I recall correctly, he says that merely that endorsement, however transparently fake it was, got a lot of people off of his back.

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Re:The case against the Twitter apology and our culture of p... by JSchmoe on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:18PM (#33664258)

Huh, people are weird!

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