What circles would one travel in where “apologist” is considered a positive? Probably circles I couldn’t understand, right?
I think the point is that it’s not supposed to be positive or negative. At some point, someone misused it, that connotation worked its way into the popular culture, and now being an apologist in internet circles means you defend things that you know deep down don’t have a good defense.
The word “literally” is another great example of something that people misused to the point that it lost its meaning.
But Jay, he literally said in his circles it’s either neutral or positive.
TV’s Frink said:
I’m sorry, I thought I was allowed to like a movie without “apologizing” for it.I tend to move in circles where “apologist” is a technical term with either a neutral or positive context
So I’d just like to know what circles this would be the case in, because I’m highly skeptical that’s the case.