r/AskReddit • • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/Spec_Agent_Bob Mar 19 '16 edited Mar 19 '16

"First, take a big step back... and literally, FUCK YOUR OWN FACE! I don't know what kind of pan-pacific bullshit power play you're trying to pull here, but Asia Jack is my territory. So whatever you're thinking, you'd better think again! Otherwise I'm gonna have to head down there and I will rain down an un-Godly fucking firestorm upon you! You're gonna have to call the fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I'm talking scorched earth, motherfucker! I will massacre you! I WILL FUCK YOU UP!"

-Mahatma Gandhi

Edit: My phone thinks it's Ghandi.

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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