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Fuck you, asshole. Way too little, way too late. "Sorry I intentionally crashed that plane into that skyscraper. I repent."
I tend to be more pragmatic. Nobody is born wise and everyone fucks up (some more than others). For guys like this I like to take the approach of "Thank you, now what are you going to do about it? ". Repentance is good, but not enough. You have to actively work to right your wrongs. If he is truly sorry that he wronged and harmed gay people for decades, then he better be prepared to fight with all his might for the LGBTQ+ community for the rest of his life.
Some sins are so great that you will never be able to make amends, but you have to try.
EDIT: Mild rewording.
I agree with you in many cases. This goes well beyond a fuckup. Writing and publishing an entire book is not a fuckup. It's actively pushing hatred. That does not deserve a thank you just because he apologized. Apologizing is the bare minimum and as such requires only acknowledgement.
Agreed. The apology should be the starting line, not the finish line. This dude better become the fiercest advocate for the LGBTQ+ community if he truly wants to chip away at that karma debt before he croaks.
Also, there are always cases where there is no redeeming. I am sorry but putting a man on the moon does not cover your Nazi debt.
Exactly. If George W. Bush held a press conference tomorrow to tell us how really sorry he was for all the war crimes, all I would say was, "it's about time he said that but I don't forgive him."