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[nicholii]

I am no good at apologies. I never feel that I can completely convince people that I am sincere, and that pains me. Apologies normally seem self-indulgent anyway, a manner of making yourself feel better without actually fixing the issue. But in this situation I feel that I can only apologise and hope that I learn from my mistakes

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[greyreviews]

Bah, next time you are trying to not be insensitive go with something like: "Prove it."

As for staying silent, the suggestion that you think you should be censored for having an opinion which is not shared by X (where X can be any group or individual) is something that has genuinely offended me. Does this mean I should be given an apology? Fuck no, because me being annoyed at you expressing that idea makes me X in the equation.

Nonetheless my point is; be yourself and do what you want, fuck the rest of the world. The only person you have to live with forever is yourself and if you cannot be true to yourself any promises, guarantees or apologies to anyone else are completely worthless.

[tevriel]

Important things to remember in life also include that Thatcher is a douchebag

[greyreviews]

"Important things to remember in life also include that Thatcher is a douchebag

[alias_sqbr]

Given how accepting fandom is I think you'd have to actually murder someone (and someone people liked) to be ostracised based on a single incident. I think what you said was pretty thoughtless, but I've said equally thoughtless things myself from time to time. The trick is to learn from it, which you seem to be doing. So good.

I had some extra thoughts on my ambivalence about the utility of big public apologies but realised just in time that then I would be commenting on a personal post on an emotionally charged issue with tangential thoughts that could easily come across as overly critical. I'm sure you appreciate the force of will required to keep my thinky thoughts to myself :)