Here is Bev and Jerry's OP again:.

Subject: BS: Our Apology
From: Bev and Jerry - PM
Date: 10 Nov 16 - 12:44 AM

To all of our friends living outside of America, it's worth reposting:

Please accept our most heartfelt apology for what the people of America have done. Words cannot express our remorse.

Throughout our entire adult lives, we sincerely believed that interpersonal relations in this country were improving. Often times, progress was slow and, at times, we fell back but, on the whole, social justice was winning in America.

But, in 2008, Barack Obama was elected president and the deep-seated hatred for the "other" began to surface. Gradually, more and more intolerance began to be expressed against people of other races, religions, national origins and sexual preference. As the drumbeat of bigotry increased in intensity, Donald Trump saw his opportunity and now we have enshrined our mutual distrust and hatred of others in the highest office in the land.

As if this were not enough, we have unleashed this unstable and ill-equipped personality on the entire world. Our actions will have a profound effect on world trade, global warming, social justice and any progress towards world peace and cooperation for decades.

Once again, we deeply regret what our country has done and we humbly beg your forgiveness.

Bev and Jerry

I don't see any attempt to effect a conciliation. It is exactly what it says it is, a heartfelt apology. Bev and Jerry have done an excellent job of articulating the sadness and embarrassment that millions of decent Americans feel at the election of this regressive jackass who has given people permission to hate those of a different kind again.