Comments on: possibly an insincere apology https://sorrywatch.com/possibly-an-insincere-apology/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: marjorie https://sorrywatch.com/possibly-an-insincere-apology/#comment-20636 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:57:30 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=2817#comment-20636 Cool — thanks, Matt!

]]> By: Matt Rose https://sorrywatch.com/possibly-an-insincere-apology/#comment-20468 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:22:43 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=2817#comment-20468 Ian Campeau (aka DJ NDN) is a local celebrity here in Ottawa, Canada.

When the local basketball team came up with the name Tomahawks…

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/02/27/ottawa-tomahawks-basketball-team-quickly-changes-name-after-outcry/

When he heard the local HS football team name…

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/redskins-name-scrapped-by-ottawa-minor-football-club-1.2493697

ATCR is an amazing band, too.

]]> By: tanita https://sorrywatch.com/possibly-an-insincere-apology/#comment-20457 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 22:06:33 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=2817#comment-20457 ::sigh::
Yes, I immediately thought, “Oh, take that, Redskins owner!” But, no. Baseball, or hackey sack or something.

WOW. And you know, it really hits me how I wouldn’t have had the nerve to wear that shirt in public, and yet… wow. Talk about “dominant” culture; if enough people are ignoring the injustice of something, it really becomes normalized. Ew.

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