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Yes, I have seen the apology. I blocked @JonathanMerritt after that mess but someone tagged me in the apology & so I read it. I read everyone graciously excepting it as well which was a bit surreal since none of them were the injured party but that is a bit far for the course.
It wasn’t actually an apology to me so it’s not one that I feel inclined to accept. It feels more like a regurgitation of what he was told behind closed doors he had done wrong. It feels like damage control.
That being said, I do believe in grace and restorative practices so if attempts were actually made to contact me (we have mutual friends and that could easily be done) I would certainly be open to the conversation.
But that would only address the way in which offense was done towards me. This is a pattern of behavior & one that has gone on for a while. There are a number of ppl owed apologies and I have no business acccepting on their behalf any more than others have accepting on mine.
At the end of the day though, while important, I’m less concerned with the way misogyny and racism plays out on the internet with random men than I am by how it is used to protect abusers. That is how this conversation started.
Stay focused.
#ChrisHeuertz
Stay focused.
#ChrisHeuertz
On that note, I’m five minutes over the time I promise my therapist I would be off the Internet tonight so that I could practice some self-care and restoration of my own so this is where I bid you farewell.
I’m interested to see how it all unfolds while I’m gone
I’m interested to see how it all unfolds while I’m gone
Accepting*
Par for the course*
iIll never get offline if I keep trying to fix my typos so good night
iIll never get offline if I keep trying to fix my typos so good night
