She’s not sorry. She’s just sorry she and her husband were caught and her husband got fired from Raymond James and she lost her right to redistribute a cosmetic line with her own business. Tough shit.[/quote]
Entirely possible.
My post was a bit of a threadjack. This “I’m sorry if I offended anyone” that you hear so much nowadays is ridiculous. Not so much that people apologize that way as that they get away with it. They are seen as having apologized when they have taken no blame or responsibility.
To me, an apology is only a little bit about the recipient of the apology. It’s more about the giver of the apology taking responsibility, for him to say, “I was an asshole, and I’m sorry, and I’ll try to do better.” Saying, “I’m sorry you’re a pussy for being offended” doesn’t do that.
Maybe the person wasn’t offended at all. My response wouldn’t be to get offended. My response would be to form (or change) my opinion of the other person. I would think, “you’re an ignorant racist.” If the other person gives what I think is a genuine apology, and seems to understand that their behavior was wrong, I’d consider changing my opinion of them again. And any apology that sounds more like “you’re a pussy” than it sounds like “I did something bad” is not a genuine apology. The one Karen gave at least has the possibility of being genuine.
