Speaking of Maggie taylor greene and the others who post or say hateful,
racist, antisemitic, misogynistic or simlar nasty stuff, Have you ever
noticed that all those who object ask for is an apology, not a
retraction, not a denial of what they had said. At least for cases in
the news, like in Congress and for other elected and appointed
officials.

What good ia an apology? Everyone still knows you think it and believe
it and are only apologizing because others complain. I once was walking
back from a store with someone and I insulted the car that was parked in
front of mine and, generically, the owner. "What kind of jackass would
own a car like this!" By coincidence, since there were loads of cars,
the owner of that car was just a couple feet behind me and he heard what
I said, and he objected. And I said, "I would have said that if I'd
known you were the owner." That's not even an apology, but if I had
included, "I'm sorry", would that have fixed anything? He would still
know what I thought of his car and him.

And what good would it be if Margaret Greene apologizes for her stupid,
hateful accusations, like saying Nancy Pelosi should be killed, etc.
Both people who agree with her and who disagree will still know that she
feels that way. She hasn't even claimed not to.

She and others should retract what they've said, deny its validity,
claim they accidentally left out a "not" what they said, or were making
a bad joke (I think one person did that about something and at first I
thought it was a stupid exxcuse because it was not believable, but if
said with enough gusto, pretend sincerity, like claiming most of the
those who heard him knew he was kidding and he didn't realize one person
there took him seriously, etc. Even if people who know other things
about such a person will know he did mean it and he's lying now, most
people won't and a retraction/denial will make the news now and help as
much as is possible. it's still what he should say and what critics
should demand of him, in private perhaps if applicable.