• edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Is it just me or is an “apology for any distress or pain this may have caused” bullshit couched in leftish language?

    Like, it’s basically “I’m sorry you feel that way” but with a feigned concern for the “distress or pain”. And it’s not at all apologizing for having done it in the first place, just for how people reacted to it.

    I see this shit everywhere in corporate (and I guess government) apologies and it feels so slimy.

    • Take a business English class if you wanna have a stroke. It’s all like this. I especially liked the good news, bad news, good news format. Cause the good news is only good to the company and the bad news is how they are gonna screw you harder. It’s so transparent even the textbook admitted it.

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      1 year ago

      And the only reason they are apologizing now is because how this story has blown up. He’s been in the Order of Canada since 1987. 36 years knowing full well that he served with the Waffen-SS.

    • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      It’s a non-apology. “Sorry you got offended”

      Why don’t they strip them off all honors, do a retroactive review of the government and purge all ukronazi elements? That would require effort and would weaken support for Ukraine so they will never do that