MSNBC host Toure, the left-wing black man obsessed with the color of white skin, must have finally felt the heat.

After an outpouring of rage from his light-hearted reference to the Holocaust during a Twitter exchange last week, Toure issued an “apology” of sorts Tuesday afternoon, explaining his crassness by claiming it was too “nuanced” for the 140-character medium.

It was a dumb idea by me to debate serious and nuanced topics in 140 characters or less… (Cont.)

— Touré (@Toure) May 27, 2014

In an attempt to comment on racism in post World War II America, I used a shorthand that was insensitive and wrong. (Cont.)

— Touré (@Toure) May 27, 2014

You could say that. Dismissing the accomplishments of people who survived concentration camps to build new lives in a new country from scratch as “the power of whiteness,” is beyond insensitive.

So Touré is sorry he debated a nuanced topic on Twitter. Because Nazi survivor privelege CAN be elucidated if we just had more space.

— Jayvie Canono (@OneFineJay) May 27, 2014

And his critics were still seeing red. Toure was literally blaming the medium — not his message.

So Twitter’s useless, then? RT “@Toure: It was a dumb idea by me to debate serious and nuanced topics in 140 characters or less… (Cont.)”

— Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) May 27, 2014

Shorter Toure: 140 characters made me look like an insensitive moron…even though I really am one.

— Matthew (@Matthops82) May 27, 2014

And really, it’s not like Twitter’s something that just started yesterday; Iranian students protesting a stolen election in 2009 managed to do an impressive amount of work in 140 characters without resorting to Jew hatred.

In short, Toure’s “apology” came less  “I’m sorry I offended” than “I’m sorry YOU’RE offended.” There’s not a man alive who hasn’t tried that approach to a significant other.

Damn few women buy it, for the same reason Toure’s critics weren’t buying it this time. He meant what he said, and no context is going to change that.

Thing is, @Toure said that “whiteness” gave holocaust survivors an unfair advantage over blacks in that era. Guarantee he still thinks it.

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) May 27, 2014

You really can’t apologize for your entire mindset just because you got caught saying too much of what you truly believe.

— Matthew (@Matthops82) May 27, 2014

And that’s the part that makes the conclusion of Toure’s “apology” so damn hard to believe.

…I am very sorry and will make sure this doesn’t happen again.

— Touré (@Toure) May 27, 2014

Maybe he won’t. Then again, maybe he will.

WARNING: Tough language ahead.

Thanks to the sometimes-scary archiving nature of Twitter, some other words are coming back to haunt him already. Like this gem from five years back — when Toure might not have grasped the “nuance” limitations of 140 characters.

#nuancé RT @Tyler_McNally: https://t.co/hy48O3I2HBpic.twitter.com/SXrWXcCA6b

— sarah (@mamaswati) May 27, 2014

And context is everything.

.@Tyler_McNally That’s some straight up fuckin’ nuance right there, son!

— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) May 27, 2014

He’ll do it again. As sure as black ain’t white, he’ll do it again. And it’ll be your fault you’re offended.

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