Political correctness has its entertaining aspects. For example Quillette has a piece on the ritual apology phenomenon when absurdly sensitive political cages have supposedly been rattled.
For instance, on Oct. 8 at Scripps College, there was an anti-Kavanaugh protest scheduled for noon. But then the organizers realized that the same day was Indigenous People’s Day at Scripps. They promptly rescheduled the protest and apologized: “We want to deeply apologize for scheduling this event on the same day as the 2nd annual Indigenous People’s Day. Monday is a day for indigenous and non-indigenous allies to stand in solidarity and acknowledge the genocidal mission system that enslaved and killed 80% of Natives living on this land.”
The first comment might raise a wry smile. Too often ridicule is the most constructive response.
A New Radical Centrism (@a_centrism)
November 19, 2018
I’m sorry that I read this article.
I also regret that I laughed out loud when I read in the article that some college students had apologized for scheduling an event on the same day as Indigenous People’s Day, one of the holiest days on the calendar.
Allow me to also apologize for not knowing there was such a thing as Indigenous People’s Day, and for not particularly caring that a virtue-signaling festival such as Indigenous People’s Day actually exists.
I must be a terrible person. So, I apologize for that, as well.
3 comments:
What makes the situation even more odd is that whereas the apologies come thick and fast for things that nobody cares about, the people who should spend the rest of their days in sackcloth and ashes remain silent or self-justifying.
Yes, you, Mr. Blair.
I find it more efficient to draft the apology first before doing anything.
Sam - almost as if daft apologies are intended to divert attention from those which should be made.
Demetrius - the bureaucratic approach is to do nothing and engineer a situation where somebody else does it.
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