▲ 353 ▼ Jimmy Kimmel returns with what audience members describe as 'emotional' monologue, no apology (www.cnbc.com) submitted 10 months ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 child) By this definition you have just apologized for Rose's post. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Yes. I am often an apologist for incomplete but well intentioned reasoning I encounter in the wild. I try to first understand before I criticize and that has helped me to interpret other people's words better. An apology is not a bad thing or a good thing. It is a thing. There are plenty of apologies that could be delivered that would meet those criteria and also be really mean things to say that do not make someone feel better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago I think this definition of an apology is too far from common usage to be reasonably expected to be understood, and too broad to be useful in general. If you want to refine your definition so that it's more than just an "explanation" (already have a word for that) I could maybe get on board. And, to be honest, I'm a little bit worried about how one comes to equate an explanation with an apology. My gut tells me this definition creep might be a red flag of a victim of an abusive narcissist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Yes. I am often an apologist for incomplete but well intentioned reasoning I encounter in the wild. I try to first understand before I criticize and that has helped me to interpret other people's words better. An apology is not a bad thing or a good thing. It is a thing. There are plenty of apologies that could be delivered that would meet those criteria and also be really mean things to say that do not make someone feel better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago I think this definition of an apology is too far from common usage to be reasonably expected to be understood, and too broad to be useful in general. If you want to refine your definition so that it's more than just an "explanation" (already have a word for that) I could maybe get on board. And, to be honest, I'm a little bit worried about how one comes to equate an explanation with an apology. My gut tells me this definition creep might be a red flag of a victim of an abusive narcissist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago I think this definition of an apology is too far from common usage to be reasonably expected to be understood, and too broad to be useful in general. If you want to refine your definition so that it's more than just an "explanation" (already have a word for that) I could maybe get on board. And, to be honest, I'm a little bit worried about how one comes to equate an explanation with an apology. My gut tells me this definition creep might be a red flag of a victim of an abusive narcissist. permalink fedilink source parent