this is in fact completely unchristian and sort of a weird development as at Canossa, an act of such abasement /imposes a tacit obligation to forgive/, as Gregory VII was forced to do in rescinding Henry IV's excommunication
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of course one can still refuse forgiveness but depending on circumstance this can make you look like Kind Of An Unreasonable Dick (complicated) but in any case responding to genuine contrition with violence is ghastly
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but such untoward aggression seems to be a common response to public apologies because they are in fact an admission of guilt which seems bad because
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Replying to @eigenrobot
a public apology isn't an apology, it's a confession apologies are for the people you've harmed/offended, which is never, ever, everyone who might read such a twete
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there is a place for confession as well. but in contemporary kangaroomob justice, the main character stands accused of much more than the offense, always "i'm sorry i said the n word to a friend when i was fourteen" == i'm a nazi and i always will be
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people are apologizing for stuff like that wrong imo the mob can smell fear a mile away
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idk if there is a right way to do it easy for me to say "just don't apologize" but it's harder when all your gigs are dropping you the apologies don't help though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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yeah its tricky. also shitty. facing down a mob is one of the most difficult social maneuvers. ive thought long and hard about how I would do it, but ive never been tested.
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genuinely do ill help however I can
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