Recently someone tried to take me to task for having the audacity to laugh at their lame attempts at apology. This person reminded me that I had once issued my own apology. This is true. Actually, I’ve done it more than once, but let’s just focus on this one time, shall we?
The post to which this person was referring is here. In a fit of ire I posted about the use of the word “nigger” and how some people may or may not perceive it as “not that big of a deal”. As it was, the post that inspired this particular rant was written by the person who made a valiant effort to publicly shame me. Should you visit that post you’ll see that it was updated to apologize to this individual for inferring that he was racist and for offending him. It was in no way an apology for writing the post. I didn’t retract said post. I apologized for an offense. And, amazingly, I have yet to repeat that offense.
I’d also like to add that I do not feel any amount of shame for adding that PUBLIC apology to that post. Why should I? I like to think that I , even though I’m a stupid fuckwit whining bitch, can readily admit I’m wrong and take action to remedy the situation. Sometimes, late at night when no one’s watching, I like to pretend that I’m a mature adult who can recognize an egregious error and admit to it. And, most shockingly, not have to issue a second, third, or fourth apology for the same offense because I don’t make a habit of repeating said error. Are you following me so far?
I probably shouldn’t even respond to this crap, but I felt that the facts were getting skewed. This person has quite an active imagination (I’m putting that kindly) and seems to think I should feel bad for a really good post. I don’t. Sorry. I’m not embarrassed or ashamed or going to curl up and cry. This post emphasizes my feelings on hate speech, though it really focuses on one kind, and I don’t care who sees it. So, I offer him a chance to try to put me in my place again. Please. I can’t wait.
I apologized, so what?
Recently someone tried to take me to task for having the audacity to laugh at their lame attempts at apology. This person reminded me that I had once issued my own apology. This is true. Actually, I’ve done it more than once, but let’s just focus on this one time, shall we?
The post to which this person was referring is here. In a fit of ire I posted about the use of the word “nigger” and how some people may or may not perceive it as “not that big of a deal”. As it was, the post that inspired this particular rant was written by the person who made a valiant effort to publicly shame me. Should you visit that post you’ll see that it was updated to apologize to this individual for inferring that he was racist and for offending him. It was in no way an apology for writing the post. I didn’t retract said post. I apologized for an offense. And, amazingly, I have yet to repeat that offense.
I’d also like to add that I do not feel any amount of shame for adding that PUBLIC apology to that post. Why should I? I like to think that I , even though I’m a stupid fuckwit whining bitch, can readily admit I’m wrong and take action to remedy the situation. Sometimes, late at night when no one’s watching, I like to pretend that I’m a mature adult who can recognize an egregious error and admit to it. And, most shockingly, not have to issue a second, third, or fourth apology for the same offense because I don’t make a habit of repeating said error. Are you following me so far?
I probably shouldn’t even respond to this crap, but I felt that the facts were getting skewed. This person has quite an active imagination (I’m putting that kindly) and seems to think I should feel bad for a really good post. I don’t. Sorry. I’m not embarrassed or ashamed or going to curl up and cry. This post emphasizes my feelings on hate speech, though it really focuses on one kind, and I don’t care who sees it. So, I offer him a chance to try to put me in my place again. Please. I can’t wait.
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