Disney shareholders are demanding answers following the short-lived ousting of Jimmy Kimmel, and alleging that the late-night talk show host’s removal may have amounted to "capitulating to government pressure” — and is a potential violation of their shareholder rights.The American Federation of Teac...
  • atx_aquarian@lemmy.world
    122·
    15 hours ago

    He didn’t retract anything or express regret (because there was nothing to retract or regret). He did explain what he meant.

    So, as I understand, in the classical meaning, that is an apology. But in the contemporary meaning, it is not.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-history-of-the-word-apology

    The word’s earliest meaning in English was “something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others to be wrong or of what may be liable to disapprobation."

    …

    So we may instead ask when did the apology start meaning “I’m sorry”?

    edit: He also expressed sympathy. Or empathy. I suck at telling the difference.

    "That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make, but I understand that felt either ill-timed or unclear, or maybe both. And for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you’re upset. If the situation was reversed, there’s a good chance I’d have felt the same way.

    • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 hours ago

      It’s easy! Sympathy is for when you’ve had a similar experience and have felt the feelings the other party feels. Empathy is when you haven’t felt the same feelings, but still feel for the other party.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
      151·
      14 hours ago

      An apology acknowledges the wrong, why it was wrong, and especially a pledge to not repeat it.

      He did none of those things, especially the last one.