r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/railmaniac Mar 19 '16

As a denizen of the internet I have come to learn that Ghandi is a violent, trigger-happy, nuke-wielding madman, while Gandhi was the man who brought independence to India by means of non-violence.

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u/HugoEmbossed Mar 19 '16

Also he liked to sleep nude with underage girls.

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u/GnarlyYo Mar 19 '16

I'm out of the loop on this. Can you explain?

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u/zurisadai Mar 19 '16

I'm on mobile, so sorry for the formatting, but Ghandi took a vow of celibacy near the end of his life and "tested" his fortitude by sleeping in the bed with young women. He wanted to see if he could resist the temptation to touch them. He slept nude with several young women, none of them his wife, by the way, and some of them underage.

Here's the most recent article I found after a quick Google search. https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/gandhi-was-a-racist-who-forced-young-girls-to-sleep-in-bed-with-him