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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] dovahking@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah. Just like theatre guys tell others to "break a leg". There's no context. Every one of them is a psychopath for wishing harm.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

there's no context the guy is a pedo

Wtf do you think context is?

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That does sound like something the Dalai Lama would say.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context.

Go on ...

This is a perfectly normal thing in Tibetan culture?

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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