Apology Not Accepted
When is an apology not an apology?
In recent days, as the dollar signs vanished in front of the eyes of Ye and Kyre Irving, we were now advised by these not so gentle men that their anti-semitic predilections were ill conceived and had now been reconsidered and discarded.
If you are buying that, I am told the Brooklyn Bridge can now be acquired at the right price.
And the cost of this hatred, this bile, spewing forth from the mouths of those who have a public platform? Well, consider the fact that parents across the State of New Jersey had to decide whether to send their children to schools housed in synagogues yesterday, an alert warning of a credible threat that they were possible targets of a now exploding rage. Bad intentions but the natural consequence of bad influence.
So excuse me if I don't find great comfort in the recent statements of Ye or Mr. Irving. To put it in fuller context, the documentary and book that Mr. Irving referenced has now become a best seller on Amazon. Prejudice sells. Extremely well.
These incendiary comments have fueled fires that are not extinguished by "so sorrys" made at the wrong end of financial guns.
It is a sad and dangerous moment to be a Jew in America. And phony words of contrition do not lessen the risk of what tomorrow may bring.
Sorry Ye and Irving. But apology not accepted.
So well said! I agree with Mickey--economic response and verbal response must come with lightning speed. Social media cannot become the safe harbor for every hater. Facebook, Discord, and other outlets have clearly not lived up to their responsibility to call hate out. They have allowed hate to fester. The cavalry to the rescue is that all media must come under the jurisdiction of the FCC. Expensive lawsuits may very well be the defensive weapon of choice. --RE
Yes! I am so glad that Kyre's lame nonappology wasn't accepted or his money. Good for them. It also took WAAAAAYYYYY too long for Adidas, etc to drop Ye. This behavior is unacceptable, and being anti semitic still seems to be the one accepted, racist predjuice that's allowed.