Forgiveness and Twitter Apologies

In a recent New Yorker article, historian and journalist Jill Lepore wrote about the case against Twitter apologies. She argues that social media behavior in general is sort of the anxiety for purity. In order to truly be who I am, I have to recognize that all that part, all that, all that,. all those things come along with me in my tradition," she says. "I can't hold this identity hostage by asking for forgiveness"