Afaithfulnihilist

Yes. I am often an apologist for incomplete but well intentioned reasoning I encounter in the wild.

I try to first understand before I criticize and that has helped me to interpret other people's words better.

An apology is not a bad thing or a good thing. It is a thing.

There are plenty of apologies that could be delivered that would meet those criteria and also be really mean things to say that do not make someone feel better.

All of it is an apology. An apology is just an explanation given after the fact. He felt the need to explain his actions further.

To be a full and complete apology many people expect all three of these components, but not All three are essential to every apology.

• an acknowledgment of harm,
• an expression of remorse,
• a pledge of recompense.

You could argue that he didn't do a full and complete apology but you can't argue that he didn't apologize.

We should let the Democratic party choose a person through a primary to run for president and then allow that person to run for president.

If a woman makes it through that process on her own merits then the party will probably vote for her.

If on the other hand a woman is selected because she's a woman who will cooperate with the donors and they decide to skip that process or subvert it in some way then you probably won't win.