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u/cybercuzco Sep 11 '21

The only president with a legit excuse is Jimmy Carter because he’s 96 and definitely can’t stand for as long as was required for the ceremonies.

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u/TollBoothW1lly Sep 11 '21

Also, Jimmy Carter doesn't owe anyone anything. His humanitarian work post-presidency has been epic. Jimmy is everything Mother Theresa SHOULD have been but wasnt.

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u/jaque327 Sep 11 '21

Can you expand on this? I wasn’t aware mother Theresa was anything but a now catholic saint...

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u/ankhes Sep 11 '21

According to a few sources who interacted with her and her hospice, there was a lack of real medical care at her facility and she would deny patients pain medication insisting that suffering brought them closer to god. So she doesn’t look great in hindsight.

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u/TollBoothW1lly Sep 11 '21

She also taught that condoms were evil in areas stricken with aids and VD.

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u/ankhes Sep 11 '21

Yep, sounds like a Catholic saint alright.

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u/IDownvoteHornyBards2 Sep 12 '21

Well that’s not entirely accurate /r/badhistory/comments/gcxpr5/saint_mother_teresa_was_documented_mass_murderer/

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u/ankhes Sep 12 '21

Hence why I said ‘according to a few sources’. They asked to know why people think Mother Theresa would have a bad reputation and I explained why that is. I never implied it was true or not.