Comments on: Al and Louie

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 09:09:26 +0000

Regarding Franken’s statement: “While I don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leanne does, I understand why we need to listen to and believe women’s experiences.”

I don’t think those statements should be in the same sentence, as the first part undercuts the second part. However, if he doesn’t remember the incident the way Leanne does, then he is right to say so. It is possible for two people to remember the same incident differently, and in a situation like that, the difference in their two memories may be the difference between intent and result.

By: A good-apologies roundup! | SorryWatch

A good-apologies roundup! | SorryWatch — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 02:10:49 +0000

[…] given his earlier apology (which some folks thought was good, but let’s just say SorryWatch disagreed), Snarly finds it hard to imagine Louis CK apologizing well enough for her to grant him absolution. […]

By: Julia Nunn

Julia Nunn — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:44:24 +0000

The really frustrating thing for someone with a half dozen decades under her belt is watching feminism and the CONCEPT of valuing women equal to valuing men (including our salaries, our ideas, our ‘power’ and our rights), watching that feminism go in and out of style like padded shoulders or denim. While I am very glad that so many women feel empowered to speak up loudly about sexually predatory behavior at the moment, for me the saddest thing is that many of these loud voices are erupting from events two and three decades ago. Because they did not feel they COULD speak then, at the moment of the outrage. And lived a smaller quieter life because of it.

By: John Evans

John Evans — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 18:02:28 +0000

HELP!
Please comment usefully on Franken’s latest from 11/23/17. It’s tragically bad. Because of the current political situation, the stakes are very high for all of us.

By: Johanna Knox

Johanna Knox — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:53:16 +0000

Franken’s apology is pretty terrible! Along with the things you raise, I think he does some more things that other bad apologies do – but in a subtler way than some. E.g: “It’s obvious how Leeann would feel violated by that picture.” Um, nope – *he violated her* in this picture. It’s about what he objectively did, not her interpretation of it. Then there is the “women who look up to me” bit … Why do these people always feel the need to throw something like that in? He doesn’t go as far as Louis CK of course, but it’s still self-aggrandising and patronising.

By: Nettie

Nettie — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 08:35:35 +0000

Thanks for tackling these. I think a lot of us have come to rely on SorryWatch, in a good way. All those video gifs, though, made me dizzy. I much prefer the still illustrations, except for that cat in a tutu (sp?) in the analysis of Kevin Spacey’s apology. Thank you again for the important work that you’re doing and for doing it so well.