If you have committed an offense that is actually very bad, and may really have hurt or scandalized a large number of people in some way, then maybe the public apology is necessary. But if you are guilty of getting slightly carried away in your speech, or making some rude but harmless comment, and the pitchforks are coming after you as if you had been caught drop-kicking dolphins, then the public apology is unwise and counterproductive. And cowardly. Repent to God if your conscience is truly stricken, but do not apologize to the mob. They do not deserve it. They are not hurt. They are making these demands because they want you to submit to them. Nothing is gained by offering them your submission. All you have done is vindicated their tactics and cooperated with their dishonesty.
In Laura Ingraham's specific case, she should have deleted the tweet and said nothing else about it. The worst thing she could have done is bow before the throng and pay homage to their theatrical anger. You may say it's "the right thing to do," but a disingenuous apology to disingenuous people over something that nobody in the world is authentically upset about, is most certainly the wrong thing to do. It's the thing people do because they are cowed by the backlash, not because they are truly remorseful. According to the Left, Ingraham only apologized in order to stop the advertiser boycott. They're right. It was an act of self-flagellation designed solely to appease the rabble. But the rabble was not appeased, is never appeased, and should not ever be appeased. Let them stew in their fake indignation. They obviously enjoy it. It is the only thing in life that brings them joy. Why take it away?
WALSH: The Laura Ingraham Situation Proves Why You Should Never Apologize To The Outraged Mob
In Laura Ingraham's specific case, she should have deleted the tweet and said nothing else about it. The worst thing she could have done is bow before the throng and pay homage to their theatrical anger. You may say it's "the right thing to do," but a disingenuous apology to disingenuous people over something that nobody in the world is authentically upset about, is most certainly the wrong thing to do. It's the thing people do because they are cowed by the backlash, not because they are truly remorseful. According to the Left, Ingraham only apologized in order to stop the advertiser boycott. They're right. It was an act of self-flagellation designed solely to appease the rabble. But the rabble was not appeased, is never appeased, and should not ever be appeased. Let them stew in their fake indignation. They obviously enjoy it. It is the only thing in life that brings them joy. Why take it away?
WALSH: The Laura Ingraham Situation Proves Why You Should Never Apologize To The Outraged Mob
