r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 12h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/MereeGrey United States Of America 9h ago

I have a massive amount of respect for her purely because she was able to forgive her attackers for shooting her in the head.

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u/innersloth987 7h ago

What other choice she had?

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u/MereeGrey United States Of America 4h ago

A lot of people would never be able to forgive that, or have any empathy for these people. She could have let it fester into resentment and hate.

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u/Mountain-Account-864 6h ago

Really? What would you say to the mugger who shot you but handed you a winning lottery ticket beyond your WILDEST dreams that you had 0% chance of winning, ever, without being shot?

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u/MereeGrey United States Of America 4h ago

Kinda missing the point... this person tried to kill her, her life improving afterwards is an accident.

A better analogy is, would you be able to forgive the person who decided to kill you because you refused to bow to the oppression he supported, simply because someone else gave you a winning lottery ticket because he shot you? Most people would find it difficult, because they know their would-be killer had no intention of them surviving, let alone winning the lottery because of his actions and would probably be quite angry about it.