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On Public Apologies

Who Can Actually Forgive?

John Ganz
Feb 11, 2021
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There’s been a bit of recent discussion about apology and forgiveness, particularly our culture’s apparent reluctance to forgive people when they apologize. I don’t know that we’ve grown less apt to forgive, but I do think we have more contact with the public, especially on social media, and the public basically can’t forgive anybody. That’s because the…

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