# Smapti is Pitted

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907 "2014-05-21T08:14:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907/1869 "2024-12-28T22:23:47Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> My statement was not about “Gazans”.

…here’s the full context of that statement:

> [@Discussion for the Israel-Hamas War: A thread in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-for-the-israel-hamas-war-a-thread-in-the-pit/992653/2205):
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> > [@Discussion for the Israel-Hamas War: A thread in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-for-the-israel-hamas-war-a-thread-in-the-pit/992653/2204):
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> > What Israel is doing in Gaza is a genocide
> 
> What Israel is doing is _pest control_.

You can’t blame anyone else _but yourself_ for how people are reading your statement.

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