• ryannathans
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    1 month ago

    Imagine having the same first name as the country you’re living in and criticising

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      He’s not criticizing the country. He’s criticizing the military and the political leadership. There’s a very big difference between the two. It’s actually a major issue in bad political reporting that people will conflate those entirely distinct entities.

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        1 month ago

        Political leadership is synonymous with country to everyone else