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"Al Franken's Calculated Strategy of Non-Denial/This isn’t a he-said, she-said story. Two women are giving their stories, and the Minnesota Democrat is just emitting vapor," by Ramesh Ponnuru (at Bloomberg).

I'm noticing the "un-"/"non-" distinction this morning.

"Nondenial," like "nonapology," is clearly understood to be different from "undenial" (and "unapology"). "Undenial" would seem to be taking back a denial, and "unapology" would seem to be taking back an apology. A "nondenial" is something you say that seems to be in the place of a true denial, but that might work as a denial for people who don't look closely. It's denying without lying, when you really did do it. Similarly, a "nonapology" — such as "I'm sorry that anyone was offended" — is a way to apologize without providing what most of us think of as necessary elements to an apology, conceding that you did what other people are offended by and that you, like them, know it was wrong.

Ponnuru's point is:

If he admits it, especially in this moment of righteous anger against male sexual entitlement, pressure to resign will mount.... If he denies the accusations, on the other hand, he will be at least implicitly attacking his accusers....

Franken keeps responding by talking about feelings: his feelings, the women’s feelings, and his feelings about their feelings... Listen, without believing, or disbelieving. Without, that is, taking their claims seriously. It is a rhetorical strategy as clever as it is shameless. At the moment it appears to be working.

Is it working? We've taken to making fun of it here on Althouse. Why, just this morning, in the post about the aftermath of the Wisconsin/Ohio State football game, Meade said:

I just want to say I am going to take time to reflect on this, to educate myself daily, and to strive towards a more enlightened path. I want to ensure that all voices around me are heard, and that everyone is treated respectfully and empathetically. More than anything, I want to create an environment that is a better, safer and fairer place.

I had to Google to see which of the many nonapolgizers Meade had patterned that on, and I found out and said:

A man named Becky.

My link goes to a November 13th piece in Vanity Fair, "Louis C.K.’s Former Manager Dave Becky Apologizes for 'Perceived Cover-Up'/Becky issued a mea culpa for chastising the two female comedians who first came forward about Louis C.K.’s predatory behavior." From that article:

Becky, who dropped C.K. as a client shortly after the comedian confirmed the allegations, says that he initially thought Wolov and Goodman were spreading a rumor about the two of them having a consensual sexual encounter with C.K., who was then a married man.

“Albeit enormously embarrassing, in no way did I interpret the interaction as threatening or nonconsensual,” he wrote. “I misperceived the casual way the story was portrayed to me—instead I should have recognized that it must have been a mask for their unease and discomfort in the face of his detestable behavior.”

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