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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

So much hate over an apology.

Consider the source: a Canadian. We apologize for you bumping into us, but that apology means "I'm sorry you couldn't have been better."

We use an apology to mean different things, and it's subtle. Mr Trump is not, and I am sorry he is not -- here I express solidarity with your predicament, but you may interpret that as an admission of guilt.

There's two non-guilt apologies, and there are more.

I'm sorry this has caused such a stir for some Americans and some Canadians, for instance, but the Canadians will understand I'm apologizing because I worry for the state of people where this is a big deal and I neither confess guilt over it nor overt care for the people so afflicted by this infatuation, and I'm mostly just finishing the talk so I can walk away and forget it happened.

Don't be upset. Canadians know there was no loss of face here to the guy running the shitty meth lab in our basement. Reach out if we can help.