Premier example of media newspeak: Election Night 2000 labeling of Republican states as “Red” and Democrat states as “Blue” in direct contradiction to the ideological history of the left being the party of Red and the right the party of Blue.
Take the language back from the media fascists and NEVER apologize.
You’re right, the demands that one apologize presupposes:
* that your view is somehow immoral and offensive
* that merely expressing it is a bad act, something reinforced by apologizing
And apologizing for holding a contrary view puts the person demanding an apology on a higher moral plane, destroying the ability to debate ideas on equal footing.