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Maybe.
Run a thought experiment on bothwell's toe post.
What if someone found the comparison of a momentary accidental stepped on toe with their personal experience of a lifetime of prejudice deeply offensive?
It's easy to say bothwell should just go, "fuck, you're right, sorry". But is it just as likely they would try and first explain their reason/meaning for a number of genuine reasons. Maybe our offendee's reaction seems so far from Bothwell's intended point they can't believe the offendee has correctly taken it on board or correctly read it.
hugo7
If someone is saying to you that they feel hurt by your actions, especially if it is a person of colour telling a white, middle class male that what they said was racist, it would take a monumental amount of blind privilege to try to discuss anything other than "fuck, you're right, sorry".
Still not an apology.