As part of re-entry, I have been assiduously reading LinkedIn posts. (I learned "assiduously" from the late Mayor Harold Washington, who seemed to me a great man and one who died too young. He liked the word I think; he used it frequently.) People naturely announce awards they or colleagues received. The formula response is "I am honored and humbled." I still stumble of the "humbled" part. Why does some group announcing one is great at something or other make one humble? Is the message that one is humbled by being in such august company? That is stock line too, but it equally mysterious. If one thought one did not deserve the award, turn it down so someone who does deserve it receives it. If one is not up to the standards of the other recipients, decline the award. It seems to me a fraud.
It is like the now standard "if anyone was offended by [], I apologize." Which is not an apology. It is placating to avoid making an apology.
But, speaking of humbled, failing to do an obviously right thing can humble. The Utah Bar, to continue a prior complaint, should be humbled by its failure to say anything in response to the attack on the Capitol. The South Carolina Bar made a statement condemning the attack. Why is the Utah Bar silent? So much for the bar oath.
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