I'd like to publicly apologise for organising a mass canvass in support of Rosie Duffield in the 2019 general election. Genuinely mortified. https://t.co/ieHv82lIzz
Does ‘I’d like to apologise’ qualify as an apology or is it merely stating a wish to apologise? What I get from that tweet is more like ‘I’m too arrogant to apologise so instead I’ll say that I want to, then swiftly change the subject to my feelings in order to garner sympathy for myself and hope that nobody notices either the switch or the lack of an actual apology’.
Even if it is taken as an apology, it’s very weak by the standards Owen and his ilk demand of ‘non-allies’. Where’s the mention of the harm his actions caused to trans people? Where’s the promises to educate himself? Not even a vow to be a better ally ‘going forward’, for crying out loud. And shouldn’t these apologies state at least once that trans women are women and non-binary people are valid?
Owen Jones has always struck me as a very silly small boy. What does fake mortification look like? How do we distinguish it from the genuine article? I wish the Guardian would mortify him rather quickly.
“genuinely mortified” – oh yes, how could we forget that it’s all about you
Public displays of sinner’s remorse = the new flagellation.
Does ‘I’d like to apologise’ qualify as an apology or is it merely stating a wish to apologise? What I get from that tweet is more like ‘I’m too arrogant to apologise so instead I’ll say that I want to, then swiftly change the subject to my feelings in order to garner sympathy for myself and hope that nobody notices either the switch or the lack of an actual apology’.
Even if it is taken as an apology, it’s very weak by the standards Owen and his ilk demand of ‘non-allies’. Where’s the mention of the harm his actions caused to trans people? Where’s the promises to educate himself? Not even a vow to be a better ally ‘going forward’, for crying out loud. And shouldn’t these apologies state at least once that trans women are women and non-binary people are valid?
Pathetic attempt. Cancel him!
Owen Jones has always struck me as a very silly small boy. What does fake mortification look like? How do we distinguish it from the genuine article? I wish the Guardian would mortify him rather quickly.