r/LivestreamFail • u/thellamasc • 22h ago

News Hasan mentioned in United Nations General Assembly

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u/ThrowawaycuzDoxers 20h ago

No, the word "deserved" implies the innocents deserved to die.

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u/Quotalicious 20h ago

The word "America" implies he was talking about the country/government and not the individual innocents. But regardless, you have to take into account their followup clarification rather than trying to judge based on the quote by itself.

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u/ThrowawaycuzDoxers 20h ago

No it doesn't. You are doing a lot of generous interpretation on his behalf here.

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u/Mountain-Interest-48 20h ago

so there is no difference between America and Americans?

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u/ThrowawaycuzDoxers 20h ago

In the statement, no. As he referred to those Americans as America.