Have you heard? Linda Sarsour is totes sorry about failing to do more to root out anti-Semitism from her beloved Women’s March. She’s issued a heartfelt apology and everything:
Wow. An apology to Jews from Linda Sarsour via Women's March: "We should have been faster and clearer in helping people understand our values and our commitment to fighting anti-semitism. We regret that. We are deeply sorry for the harm we have caused." https://t.co/PuTwfUsrK5 pic.twitter.com/pQSWGGjhTs
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) November 21, 2018
You can read the full letter here.
So, are you convinced?
That’s not an apology.
— 1023/1024 Cranky old Mark ?? (@UntraceableMC) November 21, 2018
This isn’t an apology
— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) November 21, 2018
Nope
— Mudslider (@Mudslider1) November 21, 2018
— Mary Fernandez XX (@MaryFernandez) November 21, 2018
She didn't actually apologize for anything of substance. She's just claiming to be misunderstood and making an empty apology for not trying harder to make sure people and understand see how wonderful she actually is. ?
— omniai (@omniai) November 21, 2018
I think you seem desperate to give her and her co-chairs an out. This is “sorry you misunderstood us” – it isn’t an apology or a signal anything will change. Done out of fear because, with celebrities jumping in, they finally lost control of the narrative.
— e_michael ??? (@e_michael1) November 21, 2018
And some can’t help but notice the conspicuous absence of the F-word:
Blaming Jews for their "misunderstanding", rather than accepting full culpability for her own words and actions, is not the apology she thinks it is.
And still no denouncment of Farrakhan. https://t.co/3TqqCtk1bt
— Damo (@concretemilk) November 21, 2018
There is *still* no direct repudiation of Farrakhan in the formal apology. I thought that was a major sticking point in this drama?
— ThirstyMayor (@thethirstymayor) November 21, 2018
Looking for the denunciation of Farrakhan? Do you see it? I don’t see an apology. I see things like members of their movement matters to them. Where the feeling for Jews who aren’t part of your movement? No apology there.
— Peter Bradley (@peterbmansfield) November 21, 2018
Where is the denunciation of Farrakhan and her apology for pushing the dual loyalty trope? This does not meet the minimum standards of the required apology.
— Nurit Baytch (@NuritBaytch) November 21, 2018
Because it’s not an apology.
Yea, this doesn't read like a real apology. Was done w/the women's march soon after inception; glad others are staring to see them for what they've really turned into. If she was really apologetic, there would be proposals for change and correct wrongs. Empty words, otherwise.
— AbgarH (@AbgarH) November 21, 2018
It certainly strikes a different tone from that of her subsequent Facebook post:
I’m confused— @lsarsour released 2 statements today: one formal, and one on Facebook. The first is a genuine apology letter, the 2nd is jarring defense of her work. Something doesn’t add up. pic.twitter.com/Vm9gW095cz
— Peter Fox (@thatpeterfox) November 20, 2018
The first is not a genuine apology letter, but you’re right about the Facebook post. Something is definitely not adding up.
In @lsarsour’s Facebook post she returns to her old tricks of deflection and refuses to acknowledge the hurt she’s caused for Jews and LGBTQ folk. Either she didn’t write the formal letter, or she was insincere. Regardless, it’s a bad look. https://t.co/qlA8EoiicO
— Peter Fox (@thatpeterfox) November 20, 2018
Linda Sarsour literally cannot help herself. No matter how desperately she tries to couch her bigotry and anti-Semitism in “intersectionality” bullsh*t, it will always rear its ugly head.
Moreover, she has since framed the criticism of her leadership team, as a racist attack by people threatened by powerful minority voices.
Her "apology" is insincere in the extreme. pic.twitter.com/NJ5FcNmTv2
— Damo (@concretemilk) November 21, 2018
Reminder: Linda Sarsour is a signatory to Ali Abunimah's vile and Orwellian re-definition of antisemitism. Therefore this "apology" is simply worthless.https://t.co/ktHzOp1Jkz https://t.co/GmRocwGIYe
— Dr. Petra Marquardt-Bigman (@WarpedMirrorPMB) November 21, 2018
Abunimah's re-definition of antisemitism is simply an attempt to resurrect the vile Zionism=racism libel. Here you can see that Linda Sarsour signed on to it #73https://t.co/8NVGmU7L4R
— Dr. Petra Marquardt-Bigman (@WarpedMirrorPMB) November 21, 2018
It's also worthwhile recalling Abunimah's vile views that shaped his Orwellian re-definition of antisemitism ? pic.twitter.com/Ym24VIe9As
— Dr. Petra Marquardt-Bigman (@WarpedMirrorPMB) November 21, 2018
If Linda Sarsour’s sorry about anything, it’s that more and more people are waking up to her true hateful nature.
When people are so disingenuous, their words are hollow. It doesn't add up because she doesn't mean the words she is writing here. To believe she has changed, that she has flipped a switch, that this is anything other than backlash is foolish.
— (((Allison Ivy))) (@Allison_Ivy79) November 21, 2018
Apology not accepted.
— izzyeff (@Maxpaws1) November 21, 2018
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