| Smartie900 said: Nowhere did I insinuate that hate against white people and men was acceptable. Jeong said some incredibly regrettable shit that shouldn't be accepted in our society and used vitriolic hate to target a large majority of America. That type of behavior isn't acceptable, but she's grown up since than and she's attempting to move on from her mistakes. Here's her statement: "I engaged in what I thought of at the time as counter trolling. While it was intended as satire, I deeply regret that I mimicked the language of my harassers. These comments were not aimed at a general audience, because general audiences do not engage in harassment campaigns. I can understand how hurtful these posts are out of context, and I would not do it again." That statement might be intended to save her reputation, but its evidence of a person who's matured since the incident and is trying her hardest to not repeat the same mistakes she previously made. |
It's actually the opposite of that.
Everything we've heard has been coated with excuses. It was just satire, it was just counter-trolling, it was just humor. She was just mimicking others. It was because people were being mean online. She thought it was okay because she just wanted to hurt some people with her generalized insults--which is like setting off a bomb and then using the excuse that you just wanted to blow up a few of the victims, not all of them.
The only part that sounds like an apology is "I can understand how hurtful these posts are" but then she modifies that with another excuse, that her comments are "out of context," even though there exists no context that would make what she said okay.
That's not an apology at all.
The only thing she seems to regret is that she has to show a bit of regret. It's like a petulant child blaming everything except themselves when they get caught doing something wrong.
