Comments on: We do not apologize for using lynching imagery to sell photo-editing software

By: what i have been up to lately

what i have been up to lately — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:44:53 +0000

[…] for ethically kosher marijuana. Reviewing a novel I very much respected but did not enjoy. Pointing out a really crappy apology for using racist imagery to sell Photoshop tools. The […]

By: sumac

sumac — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:25:49 +0000

In reply to Amy K.. I can see the snowstorm overlay being useful.

By: sumac

sumac — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:24:25 +0000

In reply to Amy K.. Whom doesn't think it sounds smart when I say "whom"?

By: Amy K.

Amy K. — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:46:15 +0000

found her:

http://www.lissariephotography.com/2013/06/featured-vendor-seasalt-paperie.html

By: Amy K.

Amy K. — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:23:41 +0000

This is fascinating. They are apparently a small company in Florida, and I can’t seem to find out who the people involved are. No LinkedIn, nothing so far. I’m going to keep digging, I’d love to know what the story is here. It’s a weird business — it’s an artisan version of photoshop? Invented by sub-literate right-wing freedom fighters? Fascinating.

They use words like “whom” incorrectly so I think they are trying to sound the smart.

By: Amy K.

Amy K. — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:22:29 +0000

By: Katherine Catmull

Katherine Catmull — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:52:24 +0000

Great analysis of a horrifying apology.

One side aspect of this that interests me is the fact that all the non-apologies are so badly written it made me wonder (actually, not saying this for effect) if the writer is not a fluent/native speaker of English. But I think it’s more likely that they were trying to write in an unaccustomed, important-sounding style while under great emotional pressure, and that combination just bent the syntax out of shape? maybe?

By: S. McC

S. McC — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 04:16:43 +0000

This is not a “non-apology”. It is not an apology in any way. I don’t think it is even intended to be an apology. They are not even pretending to be sorry. It is a response. They do not seem to be interested in damage control, the usual motive for the non-apology.

They do not even use the poisonous “Sorry if people were…” formulation, they use “We are sorry for people who…”

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 02:40:58 +0000

They are very very stupid people.

By: Frances

Frances — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:57:55 +0000

Wow, I’ve seen some bad “apologies” and faux apologies and nonapologies, but this may just be the absolute worst one ever! It’s even worse than the typical “sorry if you were offended” because they don’t even acknowledge that anyone could have legitimately been offended. They are literally saying that anyone who was offended just doesn’t understand, and in fact by complaining is “spreading hate.” Well they say that the best defense is a good offense, and this is really the most offensive defense as I’ve ever seen!