An Apology: What I Got Wrong in My Rejection of #NeverBiden

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CW: Assault

I recently wrote a story on here on Medium called ‘How Democrats Should (And Shouldn’t) Court the #NeverBiden Crowd’; you can read it here.

While I am mindful not to engage in petty exchanges that most comment threads inevitable devolve into, I usually do skim any responses for worthwhile feedback, for which I’m always grateful.

I received a response to this article, addressing several grievances, and upon reviewing them, I would like to both offer some clarifications, and, more importantly, some apologies.

To be sure I don’t lose my opportunity now that I still have all of your attention: I apologize to the millions of victims of sexual assault that my article wholly ignored. It most certainly was not my attempt to do so; I simply wrote from a perspective that is my own and that millions of others share. But I recognize it is this blindness to your perspective that represents much of the cultural issues surrounding victimhood today. So once more, I do apologize for missing the mark on this one.

I’ll first address the three points brought to my attention, before the larger observation this response brought me to.

The Difference Between “Assault and Rape”