Bruenig is absolutely insincere in her beliefs about forgiveness and redemption, a textbook example of (Ironically) Chesterton's argument that people in the modern age give themselves credit for forbearance and mercy by forgiving people they never actually thought were wronghttps://twitter.com/G_Padraic/status/1374382886460157959 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Taking this into a second day is borderline harassment. Tomorrow will not be borderline.
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Replying to @kstraith @arthur_affect
The guy she targeted has been getting harassed and smeared for two days.
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Replying to @melico24 @arthur_affect
I mostly missed this entire argument, but in general, when someone admits fault, deletes their tweet and owns the mistake, it's fine to move past it that day. The world is a big place. There's a lot going on.
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Did I miss something? When did she admit fault? Last I saw was an “oops lol” comment that her followers definitely did not take as an admission of wrongdoing.
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I am 100% confident that if her tweet yesterday had included the magic incantation “I’m sorry”, it would not make a damn bit of difference.
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Replying to @kstraith @h2theannah and
She is not owed forgiveness. We are not all Christian. Quit asking everybody to practice it.
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Replying to @JGavinSanders @h2theannah and
You're not legally called upon to forgive. But carrying anger doesn't hurt the other person at all. It hurts you. Your pissed-ness is not going to affect her status or her job a single millimeter. If it makes you happy, have at it. I've never met the person yet who this works for
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Really? I thought "cancel culture" was a huge threat to people's livelihood and well being, now it's pathetic and doesn't matter? Hrm
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JGavinSanders and
I never said cancel culture was a huge threat. I've never believed it mattered very much and generally isn't real most of the time. Also not real: The idea that you're going to materially effect a 30 year old who has the two most important newspapers in American on her resume.
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