[QUICK THREAD: HAUNTED BY GANDHI]
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There's a reason this street in Chicago is named after Gandhi, not Godse.
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There's a reason this Rotterdam Street is named Gandhistraat and not Nathustraat.
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There's a reason this park in Mexico City is named Acceso Gandhi and not Acceso Nathu.
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There's a reason this Cape Town street was renamed after Mahatma Gandhi and not Patriot Godse.
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There's a reason this Paris boulevard is named Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi and not Avenue du Godse.
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There's a reason there's no fewer than a hundred other streets, memorials, parks, and districts named after Gandhi and not the coward who killed him. On every continent except Antarctica.
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There's a reason the Indian embassy in DC still cannot replace this with Godse.
8/10
There's a reason this man, however begrudgingly, has to do this. To a Gandhi, not a Godse.
9/10
There's a reason you, @RNagothu, have to backtrack only if you venerate Godse, not Gandhi.

And...

Even a lady terrorist had to apologize for lionizing someone; there's a reason that someone was Godse, not Gandhi.
10/10
Can you guess that reason?

I'll give you a hint: Class
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