#AaronSchlossberg tweets an ' apology'

[irisblue]

Link to tweet

Must have realized he will never be able to eat delievery or take out, go to a bar, go to a resteraunt go anyplace with decent society.
#WeSeeYou

[Codeine]

1. What an absolute piss-poor excuse for an apology.

Jesus Christ this guy. . .

[matt819]

15. Actually. . .

As an apology it was pretty reasonable.

It could have gone further, of course, but it wasn't all bad. He didn't apologize for anyone who was offended. That's a start. He did say he wasn't a racist, and that's not quite right. But all in all, it was okay.

That said, does anyone believe it?

Not me.

[Iggo]

25. He should have gone further, but you're right, he was almost there.

The real mea culpa starts with admitting to yourself that you were wrong, which takes away the need to defend yourself in your apology.

It's not "I fucked up, but you're wrong about me."

It's "I fucked up."

It ain't easy becoming person-who-used-to-be-a-bigoted-asshole.

In fact, it kind of hurts. And it should.

But it's better on the other side.

[Anon-C]

27. Well said! Nt

[lame54]

29. He apologized for not being a more polite racist

[Iggo]

34. That's how it shakes out, yep.

[Cha]

40. lol, I know, huh.. that's what I

was getting. He never explained why he went off like that.

If that wasn't the real him.. then who was it?

[Bengus81]

2. FUCK YOU!! CYA isn't going to work NOR is this the fist time you POS!

What's the matter,see his law practice going down the tubes?? It HAS to be amount MONEY,what else would matter to him to bring out an apology?

This is Trumps USA............

[hlthe2b]

3. IOW, "don't believe your lyin' eyes!"

[PoliticAverse]

4. I'm guessing that won't be an effective apology. n/t

[irisblue]

5. And it took several days to come up with this mush mouth 'apology'

[lame54]

30. Still faster than...

Dennis Miller's snappy comeback to Michelle Wolf

[True Dough]

6. Let's see him put his money where his mouth is

How about a substantial donation to the American Immigrant Society and a declaration that he will do legal work for them pro bono?

That might make a dent in the harm he's done, rather than a social media mea culpa.

[OldHippieChick]

7. "I need some clients - " eom

[redstatebluegirl]

8. He is trying to save his practice, he is not telling the truth.

[Siwsan]

9. Does he think we believe that was his only incident of inappropriate verbal spewing?

As I recall, there are at least 3 videos of him displaying his true lack of character.

[Neema]

11. Honestly I'm amazed he didn't go with "I'm sorry you were offended." Isn't that the standard

right wing asshole apology?

[trotsky]

14. I was gonna say the same thing.

He deserves some SMALL credit for that I guess. Let him now show how his behavior has changed.

[mythology]

22. What does he do now is the question

Saying an apology is one thing, but actions define us more than words.

I think it is possible for him to change, but it will require acts over time to prove it's more than an attempt to backtrack from a bad situation.

[HopeAgain]

12. I'm happy to see this

Means he has been beat down. Has he changed? Is this a sincere apology? I sincerely doubt it, but at least he has shown others that you can only get away with acting like he did if you have nothing to lose.

[KPN]

13. Sincere apologies my ass. He (Schlossberg)must

really think we are Stupid. Oh wait, that's right, sometimes we are.

[salin]

16. Dear Deploradude,

If you hadn't left such an extensive footprint on the web of hostile, racist fits you have thrown at people over a period of years, maybe one or two people reading this might give you the benefit of a doubt.

Reap.Sow.

[dawg]

17. Bullshit!

I live in a small town in the deep South. I hear people conversing in Spanish (and other non-English languages) all the time. I don't even consider it all that unusual.

To be triggered by people speaking a different language ... IN MANHATTAN ... takes a special kind of asshole.

[Cha]

41. Good point, dawg.

[Solly Mack]

18. Yeah, no.

[gratuitous]

19. Well, bless his heart

I guess the ego hit he got from being on the cover of the Daily News has worn off, and reality has set in. AP has a little more of the story:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/attorney-in-rant-that-went-viral-says-hes-not-a-racist-and-offers-an-apology/ar-AAxEqEr?li=BBnb7Kz

And, to Aaron's protestation that he's not a racist, I can only say:

[NurseJackie]

20. So, only "the manner" was wrong? But the underlying bigotry is A-Okay?

So, only "the manner" was wrong? But the underlying bigotry is A-Okay? If only he'd been able to express his bigotry and hatred in a more civilized manner, then none of this would have happened, eh?

What a fucking jerk!

[EffieBlack]

21. "I apologize for not calmly and respectfully telling Hispanics that they are

criminals, demanding that restaurant personnel speak English only and threaten to call ICE to have people I don't know anything about arrested and deported."

Sorry, doesn't work for. Try harder, bucko.

[oberliner]

31. Prince Harry apologizes for Nazi costume

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Harry has apologized for wearing a Nazi uniform to a party, admitting he made a bad choice and saying through his publicist, "I am very sorry if I caused any offense."

The apology was released on Wednesday by the Clarence House Press office: "I am very sorry if I caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/12/harry.nazi/

[EffieBlack]

33. Hi, BaeBoo! -I was getting concerned after you went a whole day without giving me any love taps!

It's good to know I'm still on your mind!

[irisblue]

39. Why do you think these events are comparable?

As I posted to your other usage of this event, I am not seeing these actions as comparative. Please explain to me. Thank you.
Your post, #24 in this thread..https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2064700
"If a prince can be forgiven for wearing a Nazi armband at a colonials and natives costume party...

Then anything is possible."

[Crunchy Frog]

43. Did he also apologize for accosting random strangers,

cussing them out, and threatening to call the cops on them/have them deported? All while in the wild youth of his early forties?

Try not to dislocate your shoulder with that reaching.

[iscooterliberally]

23. Is this guy really a lawyer? Don't lawyers study civics and know about the 1st amendment?

After reading this I'm thinking that he's really just apologizing to himself since he was probably hurt more than anyone else by his own actions.

[Ms. Toad]

36. Civics, no.

First amendment - yes.

[VOX]

24. Oh, I think we got an extraordinarily good look at the "real" you.

This by-the-numbers “apology” makes Schlossberg come across as even crazier and completely disingenuous. He’s just trying to salvage his own racist ass.

[rurallib]

26. This was not the only video that showed the "real Aaron"

Seems the "real Aaron" showed up in several videos and all remarkably similar.

[VOX]

28. Points to "real Aaron" for consistency...

Makes it VERY easy to drop him in the Flush File. For good.

Aaron (and with him, “real Aaron”) should be banished from humanity.

[NBachers]

32. Eat shit, dickweed

[EffieBlack]

35. His edited tweet...

Link to tweet

[oberliner]

42. If he wore a Nazi armband at a costume party and used the terms "raghead" and "Paki"

Then he'd have a chance of being forgiven.

[EffieBlack]

44. Morning, Boo!

You're right. If he'd done that when he was 20, apologized immediately and then spent the next 15 years working to make life better for people less fortunate than him, including black children around the world and made awesome life choices ever since, including integrating the whitest royal family in Europe and ensuring that his own children and grandchildren will be black, I'd totally forgive him.

And the fact that he surely doesn't go around making a complete idiot of himself constantly whitesplaining to and gaslighting HIS black honeylamb and wouldn't have the nerve to try convince her that the fact that he dressed like a Nazi at a college party when he was 20 has any bearing on her opinion that a grown-assed American attorney who regularly spews racist taunts at minorities in public deserves to be harshly condemned (not only because he knows she would have laughed in his face and definitely not married him, but also because he's knows that's the kind of thing that only ignorant, self-entitld Wypipo do and he's definitely not Wypipo) is even more reason to forgive him for what he did back around the time he first started shaving.

And you should be glad I'm so forgiving BaeBoo - because otherwise, I'd have kicked your silly little butt to the curb a long time ago. And what would you do with yourself if you didn't have your obsession with me to live for?

[irisblue]

45. Again? Would you clarify why you think these 2 events, separated by years & obvious personal growth

on Harrys' part are similar enough for comparison?

[Gothmog]

37. I still want this idiot disbarred

[KG]

38. man, it's getting so ya can't throw a racist hissy in public with somebody recording it!