I can't believe he went into a black church and asked for FORGIVENESS (!!!!)
It's one thing to apologize, but to ask for FORGIVENESS from the group he most directly damaged?? Plus, he says his whole reason for turning his attitude around (if he ever actually did) was because he experienced physical pain.
Uh, how insulting to compare physical pain to the lives he ended through his leadership, and the emotional pain and terror he inflicted on others. Plus, he's not saying he really intellectually changed or ever had a desire tohe was more forced into it by his physical pain.
Lovely.
What an @sshole to the end..
I don't see this as insulting in any way to ask for forgiveness to the people he discriminated against. If he meant if from his heart, I think that's the important first step. But in any case, just saying "I'm sorry" and "Forgive me" isn't enough. It's about repentance. As a politician, did he learn how to listen to Black people and learn how to embrace them in equality?
Anyway, as I understand it, the apology in front of the Church didn't happen, or at least not as we saw in the film. But in watching a movie about a career politician who used whatever means he could find to get elected and hold power; and then fall from that power due to personal tragedy, the apology before those he offended is a tremendous moment.