• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I agree with you in many cases. This goes well beyond a fuckup. Writing and publishing an entire book is not a fuckup. It’s actively pushing hatred. That does not deserve a thank you just because he apologized. Apologizing is the bare minimum and as such requires only acknowledgement.

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      1 month ago

      Agreed. The apology should be the starting line, not the finish line. This dude better become the fiercest advocate for the LGBTQ+ community if he truly wants to chip away at that karma debt before he croaks.

      Also, there are always cases where there is no redeeming. I am sorry but putting a man on the moon does not cover your Nazi debt.

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        1 month ago

        Exactly. If George W. Bush held a press conference tomorrow to tell us how really sorry he was for all the war crimes, all I would say was, “it’s about time he said that but I don’t forgive him.”