Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Diversity

[Margo Solod (margosolod]

Hi, all,

seems to me the reaction to Zev's post just proves his point. If you are
uncomfortable seeing an offensive term spelled out how are you going to
feel if someone shouts it across the quad?

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:39 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > This is not a good apology.
> > Here’s a basic primer on apologies. Re your apology, numbers 1, 3, 4, 5
> are areas for improvement - especially 1.
> > https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-apologize
>
> Respecting diversity means that we cannot expect everyone to live by
> pre-established rules, certainly not rules they may never have even known
> about and have made no promise to follow.
>
> When attempts at apologizing are rejected and rules are imposed about what
> an apology is, we are very far from respecting each person as a
> well-meaning and unique individual.
>
> Healthline is a very good resource so probably this is a good guide to
> expressing an apology, but it is not a standard that can be autocratically
> imposed and used as a judgment of good or bad. Consent is required when
> making rules.
>
> Sharon
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