I also found this apology to be pretty weak sauce. Obviously the damage can't be undone, but why not take a stab at trying? He owes it to this person, after all.
Things I dislike:
- The actual apology is one sentence long
- He doesn't state what he did wrong
- He doesn't acknowledge the harm he has caused
- It's not clear he's learned anything from this event
We've already asked you not to troll, so could you please stop? The difference between trolling and discussing is whether or not you've met the bar of information over provocation.
I was giving my perhaps cynical take on the question, but it was not trolling or attempting to be provocative.
I work in a biG tech company and have seen first hand people be bullied, shunned, and placed on informal 'do-not-work-with' lists by managers not just for holding disgusting views, but also for holding not-quite-Liberal-enough views. Also, holding views which are okay to express generally, but wrong to express more specifically about a single class(say, women).
This controversy would not be happening if a random fat dude was accused of faking building things. It's only because this story includes a female, and therefore ties into some subset of society's obsession with gender and race issues that we are discussing this.
This is addressed in the article; see the part saying
> Although Dale had issued a public apology about the rumors, the apology fixes her reputation as much as saying “sorry” repairs a vase smashed on the floor.
The article generally discusses why this situation is asymmetric, and the power dynamics at play.
