• index@sh.itjust.works
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    24 hours ago

    Have people forgot already the “suck my tongue” pedo shit this guy pulled out?

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      20 hours ago

      No, I definitely remember when the mainstream media jumped at the chance to smear one of the most peaceful spiritual figures alive, context be damned. They took a culturally unfamiliar moment and ran it through a Western lens to manufacture outrage. And look, they’re still collecting dividends on it!

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        8 hours ago

        No, I definitely remember when the mainstream media jumped at the chance

        He asked a child to suck his tongue, there’s no context the guy is a pedo

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        22 hours ago

        It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context. Albeit it is incredibly jarring for Americans and other European countries. He did issue an apology for it.

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          18 hours ago

          It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context.

          Go on …

          This is a perfectly normal thing in Tibetan culture?

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            16 hours ago

            Sort of. According to residents who defended him they said it is a normal joke that elderly people to do children in Tibet.