The American Freedom Network

I DEMAND an apology

One of the silliest modern manifestations of PC stupidity is when so called *activists*, individuals or groups, “demand an apology” from someone who has violated their precepts.

From radio DJs disparaging a womens’ college basketball teams to congress-critters congratulating their fellows on their longevity.  From professional athletes running dog fighting rings to coaches making “racially insensitive” comments.  Whenever the collectivist notion of PC is breached the “activists” immediately begin their squealing “demands” for apology.

Any forthcoming apology notwithstanding the activists also with to *punish* the evil-doer with further *demands*, fire them..shun them…boycott them.  If these punishments are necessary or required, why demand an apology?

Any apology that means anything can’t be “demanded” anyway.  A real apology is secondary to remorse in the person who acted inappropriately.  It signifies a sincere intent to not repeat the proscribed behavior. Lacking such real remorse and true intent any apology is worthless.  Real remorse and true intent to change behavior can’t be “demanded“, it is a personal emotion and behavioral choice.

So why do the collectivists and their sheople express such outrage and screeching demands for apology?  For the attention it brings them.  To vent their self-righteousness in as public a manner as possible.  Apologies resultant from their demands are generally insincere and useless except to stroke the preening collectivists’ sense of power and importance.  We all remember, as kids, when Moms said “say you’re sorry“.  We learned the social purpose of apologies but many of us, due to immaturity, didn’t mean we were sorry.  We were simply avoiding the tongue lashing or butt warming that defiance would result in.

As with many (if not most or all) of the squealings of the collectivist “progressive“, demands for apologies are simply gratuitous methods of seeking their own individual emotional gratification by drawing attention to themselves and trying to fulfill their over riding wish to control others to feel better about themselves.