Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

people try to write about forgiveness, but they always end up talking about /innocence/: they say, oh this case is okay because it turns out this person wasn't fully culpable -- was too young, was abused, was mentally ill, etc. but that's exoneration, not forgiveness — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@kfgpnz right the readers will say "you're excusing offense x" or "wow nice to see you justifying offense x" or the more insidious "excuse me, why aren't you sympathizing with the *victims* of x" — PolitiTweet.org