[shijie]

I was also struck with commenter’s swift label of her apology a “non-apology.” I’ve seen this on Twitter and elsewhere. It’s basically a proxy for “I don’t think you’ve suffered enough to be forgiven.” And that strikes me as honestly a little bit terrifying.

[not2b]

I think that this is an authentic apology. However, non-apologies are common. I think the Wikipedia page does a good job of explaining the difference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-apology_apology