• Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      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.

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        16 hours ago

        It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context.

        Go on …

        This is a perfectly normal thing in Tibetan culture?

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          15 hours ago

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