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I wonder whether that choice of phrase was a genuine mistake, an exaggeration based on emotion, or a calculated lie. I like to think it was the middle one.
by corin_ 13y ago
I wonder whether that choice of phrase was a genuine mistake, an exaggeration based on emotion, or a calculated lie. I like to think it was the middle one.
- famousactress 13y agoI don't buy that. So far we've seen nothing but pitch perfect and intentional language choices from him. I still can't believe how remarkably well thought out and savvy all of his answers to the AMA thing were. I suspect he'd argue he's stateless because his citizenship in the US has been compromised, that he wouldn't be afforded the ability to be treated fairly like a citizen, hence the asylum requests.
- corin_ 13y agoIt's not really a valid argument, though. Even if there was a complete certainty that returning to the US would see him tortured and eventually executed, that still wouldn't change the fact that he is still a US citizen (unless he chooses not to be). That's why I'm hoping, all-be-it doubtfully, that it was innocent exaggeration rather than a lie - not that it really makes a huge difference I guess.
- famousactress 13y agoDoesn't leaving, refusing to return, and requesting asylum effectively fall under the "choosing not to be" category?
- corin_ 13y agoBy that logic I'm effectively banned from Africa, as I don't plan on going there. He said they "evoked my passport, leaving my stateless" not that he was effectively stateless due to his own decisions.